The cells of the airway epithelium are the first line of defense (innate immune system), providing a mechanical barrier (mucociliary escalator) that expels particles and pathogens via cilia, mucus, ...

Our results showed that, the expression levels of Beclin-1, LC-3B, and P62 in the airway epithelium ... cells and cellular components. The main features of asthma include the chronic airway ...

The technique also detected telocytes, erythrocytes, neurons and goblet cell mucus secretions within the gut cavity. Together, these alterations in the cellular composition and structure of the gut ...

Adapting for co-existence The research team has two main hypotheses about how anemonefish maintain low sialic acid levels: either their mucus-producing cells express high levels of enzymes that ...

The regenerating cellular elements, believed to be alveolar lining cells, were usually related ... response on the part of the respiratory epithelium or a relation to "oxygen poisoning" since ...

Erdosteine is a multimechanism, mucolytic agent that decreases the sputum viscoelastic properties and bacterial adhesion to the cell membrane, endowed with bronchial anti-inflammatory activity and ...

Table 1. Suggested strategies for analgesic/anti-inflammatory treatment and cardiovascular prevention among patients with inflammatory disease and different levels of risk of vascular events ...

This study examines whether RV causes sustained GCH in relevant models of COPD. Methods Mucociliary-differentiated COPD and normal airway epithelial cell cultures and mice with normal or COPD ...