Airway surface liquid: end of the controversy?

Landry and Eidelman discuss a novel technique to measure the osmolality of airway surface liquid (ASL) using fluorophore-encapsulated liposomes. The use of fluorescent techniques to infer the composition of ASL is a tremendous leap forward in technology, avoiding for the first time the pitfalls asso...

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Published inThe Journal of general physiology Vol. 117; no. 5; pp. 419 - 422
Main Authors Landry, J S, Eidelman, D H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Rockefeller University Press 01.05.2001
The Rockefeller University Press
Subjects
Air
Animals
Cell Membrane Permeability - physiology
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator - metabolism
Fluids
Fluorescence
Liposomes - metabolism
Methods
Osmotic Pressure
Respiratory Mucosa - metabolism
Surface Properties
Water - metabolism
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Summary:Landry and Eidelman discuss a novel technique to measure the osmolality of airway surface liquid (ASL) using fluorophore-encapsulated liposomes. The use of fluorescent techniques to infer the composition of ASL is a tremendous leap forward in technology, avoiding for the first time the pitfalls associated with techniques based on harvesting ASL or on in situ measurements.
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ISSN:0022-1295
1540-7748
DOI:10.1085/jgp.117.5.419