Open AccessPhotoacoustic technique: a new method for measuring the rheologic properties of human bronchial mucus
Author(s) -
Luis V.F. De Oliveira,
Newton Santos de Faria,
Fernanda M. Garcia Gonzaga Napoleone,
Marcelo A. Ingraci Barboza,
Fernando Sérgio Studart Leitão Filho,
Luíz Carlos de Mattos,
Claudio F. Donner,
Paulo Roxo Barja
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
multidisciplinary respiratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2049-6958
pISSN - 1828-695X
DOI - 10.4081/mrm.2011.445
Subject(s) - mucus , sputum , submucosal glands , respiratory tract , mucociliary clearance , medicine , mucin , airway , pathology , lung , respiratory system , anatomy , epithelium , biology , anesthesia , ecology , tuberculosis
Patients affected by obstructive pulmonary diseases exhibit typical characteristics of airway mucus hypersecretion, including sputum production, in- creased luminal mucus, goblet cell hyperplasia and submucosal gland hypertrophy. The mucociliary system is a sophisticated defense mechanism to maintain the homeostasis of the respiratory tract by means of the bronchial mucus transport, the process in which airway mucus together with substances trapped within are moved out of the lungs. In the end, the mucus together with the substances trapped within are swallowed or coughed up. It is an impor- tant defense mechanism of the human body. [...]