12 November 2024
Mucus and Movement
Live imaging of human bronchial cells growing in the lab tracks the relationship between the COVID-19 virus SARS-CoV-2 with mucus and ciliary action – wafting by the airway cells' hairy projections. Such muco-ciliary clearance (MCC) in life aims to protect against infection by moving mucus up to the throat for expulsion, keeping the airways open. This study finds that MCC initially facilitates SARS-CoV-2 infection but subsequently inhibits spread
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- Video from work by Mark E. Becker and colleagues
- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Video originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
- Published in Nature Communications, November 2024
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