| Literature DB >> 318052 |
C K Shih, M Litt, M A Khan, D P Wolf.
Abstract
The viscoelastic properties of reconstituted canine tracheal mucus were correlated with the ciliary transport rate measured on the bullfrog palate. A maximum in mucociliary transport rate was found at an optimal concentration of nondialyzable solids of 1.5 to 2 per cent. At concentrations less than this value, the mucus had little or no elasticity and low rates of transport; at concentrations greater than the optimum, however, further increases in elastic modulus also resulted in decreasing transport.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID： 318052 DOI： 10.1164/arrd.1977.115.6.989
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am Rev Respir Dis ISSN： 0003-0805