This was confirmed also in the repeated experiment in which luminal and mucus-associated microbiota were characterized separately.
Two zebrafish mutants with an accumulation of intestinal mucus, stuffed and stuffy, were characterized in a gynogenetic screen (Mohideen et al., 2003).
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by mucus hypersecretion that contributes to disease related morbidity and is associated with increased mortality.
These conditions are characterized by airway mucus over-production and impairment in mucociliary clearance.
OM is characterized by excessive mucus secretion and inflammation with an infiltration of the subperiosteal space by leukocytes, macrophages and mast cells [1].
About 30,000 American have cystic fibrosis, which is characterized by thick, abnormal mucus in the lungs.
Asthma is characterized by airway inflammation, mucus secretion, remodeling and hyperresponsiveness (AHR).
CF is characterized by altered epithelial mucus secretion in several organs, most severely in the pulmonary epithelium [26].
In contrast to mammalian skin, the skin of X. laevis is characterized by a superficial mucus film.
The airway epithelium of asthmatics is characterized by thickening, excessive mucus production and inflammatory cell infiltration [ 3].
