Dropping acid: why is cystic fibrosis mucus abnormal?

Eur Respir J. 2018 Dec 6;52(6):1802057. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02057-2018. Print 2018 Dec.

Authors

Bruce K Rubin¹, David J Thornton²

Affiliations

¹ Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, VA, USA.
² Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research and Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, UK.

PMID: 30523208
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02057-2018

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Cystic Fibrosis / physiopathology*
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Mucus / chemistry*
Viscosity