Nasal sprays offer potential protection against viruses. Such formulations should preserve normal nasal mucociliary function. The antiviral barrier efficacy and effects on mucociliary function of ...

Nasal mucociliary clearance function refers to the effectiveness of nasal cilia in clearing mucus from the nasal passage toward the nasopharynx. Under conditions when mucus is being over-produced (e.g ...

Thinking about how asthma and allergic diseases arise is undergoing several shifts. In 'Bedside to Bench', Clare M. Lloyd and Sejal Saglani examine how recent human studies are putting the focus ...

Nosebleeds are common occurrences, affecting about 60 percent of the United States population at some point in their lives, according to the American Academy of Otolaryngology. They are typically ...

Jean Pfau and Kinta Serve explore a critical and novel hypothesis concerning the size of fibers in asbestos disease ...

Mucociliary dysfunction, chronic infections with advancing immunosenescence and pulmonary emphysema as seen in COPD may be just as relevant to ACOS. Possible drug targets include receptors of the ...

After a latent period of 48 to 72 hours, toxin-mediated damage to the bronchial mucosa causes loss of mucociliary transport, bronchial edema, and cellular necrosis. The clinical picture includes ...

The essential function of a mucociliary blanket in maintaining pulmonary hygiene became evident, especially in managing long-segment circumferential defects. The absence of effective ciliary function ...

Correspondence to: Professor R Rodríguez-Roisin Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; rororo{at}clinic.ub.es Early recognition of exacerbations and prompt ...