The respiratory epithelium is intimately associated with the pathophysiologies of highly
infectious viral contagions and chronic illnesses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Mucus is a viscoelastic material with non-linear rheological properties such as yield stress of
the order of a few hundreds of millipascals to a few tens of pascals, due to a complex …

Background: SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, causes widespread damage
in the lungs in the setting of an overzealous immune response whose origin remains …

Bronchial diseases are characterised by the weak efficiency of mucus transport through the
lower airways, leading in some cases to the muco-obstruction of bronchi. It has been …

Motile cilia are hair-like cell extensions that beat periodically to generate fluid flow along
various epithelial tissues within the body. In dense multiciliated carpets, cilia were shown to …

Mucus secretion and mucociliary transport are essential defense mechanisms of the
airways. Deviations in mucus composition and secretion can impede mucociliary transport …

The respiratory tract harbors a stable and diverse microbial population within an
extracellular mucus layer. Mucus provides a formidable defense against infection and …

Abstract Background and Objective Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic
disorder causing a defective ciliary structure, which predominantly leads to an impaired …

The respiratory tract is protected by mucus, a complex fluid transported along the epithelial
surface by the coordinated beating of millions of microscopic cilia, hence the name of …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common term for alveolar septal wall
destruction resulting in emphysema, and chronic bronchitis accompanied by conductive …