An optimized protocol for assessment of sputum macrorheology in health and muco-obstructive lung disease

An optimized protocol for assessment of sputum macrorheology in health and muco-obstructive lung disease

Background: Airway mucus provides important protective functions in health and abnormal viscoelasticity is a hallmark of muco-obstructive lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF). However, previous studies of sputum macrorheology from healthy individuals and patients with CF using different experi...

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Main Authors: Mirjam Völler, Annalisa Addante, Hanna Rulff, Benjamin von Lospichl, Simon Y. Gräber, Julia Duerr, Daniel Lauster, Rainer Haag, Michael Gradzielski, Marcus A. Mall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
mucus
sputum
bovine submaxillary mucin
macrorheology
solvent trap
cystic fibrosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.912049/full

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