Mechanisms of acid and base secretion: implications for airway host defense in cystic fibrosis
The airway surface contains a number of important defense mechanisms to protect against infection. Antimicrobials found in the thin layer of fluid lining the airways, the airway surface liquid (ASL), rapidly kill bacteria. Another defense mechanism, mucociliary transport, propels foreign particles a...
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University of Iowa
2017
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5628 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7108&context=etd |