Mucus research

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Delivering innovative thinking to advance research on mucus

Mucus research has been the focus of interdisciplinary scientific teams to answer some fundamental questions related to biological, chemical and physical characteristics of mucus. A gel-like mucus barrier controls the interactions and exchanges between cells surface and their environment. Mucus research is the basis to understand and discover treatments to a wide variety of diseases:

Mucins biochemistry and their molecular interactions
Mucus clearance and transport
Diagnostics and prediction of disease progression
Cellular mechanisms involved in mucus regulation
Drug delivery through the mucus barrier

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Mucus research in muco-obstructive lung diseases

The profile of lung diseases that results muco-obstructed organ due to abnormal mucus is diverse and can result from different causes such as:

Environment, e.g. cigarette smoke or pollution that could cause COPD
Genetics, e.g. in Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Bacteria, e.g. in bronchitis
Virus, e.g. in flues
Inflammation, e.g. in eosinophilic severe asthma
Cilia impairment, e.g. in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD)

Bronchial tube during exacerbation episode

Other than lung diseases, mucus rheology is altered in other types of diseases:

Intestinal diseases	Cervical diseases
Ulcerative colitis Intestinal and colorectal cancer Hirschsprung’s disease	Infertility or low fertility Cervicitis Birthing complications