The effects of S-carboxymethylcysteine and N-acetylcysteine on the adherence of Moraxella catarrhalis to human pharyngeal epithelial cells
| Autor: | Tsuyoshi Nagatake, Kamruddin Ahmed, Glenda Martinez, Can Hong Zheng, Naoto Rikitomi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Male Immunology Cell Biology Microbiology Bacterial Adhesion Acetylcysteine Moraxella catarrhalis Virology medicine Humans Respiratory system Bronchitis Aged Expectorants Carbocysteine Pharynx Sputum Epithelial Cells Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Epithelium Asthma Bronchiectasis medicine.anatomical_structure Mechanism of action Pulmonary Emphysema Female medicine.symptom Respiratory tract medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Microbiology and immunology. 43(2) |
| ISSN: | 0385-5600 |
| Popis: | We investigated the effects of two mucoregulating drugs, S-carboxymethylcysteine (S-CMC) and N-acetylcysteine (NAC), on the attachment of Moraxella catarrhalis (M. catarrhalis) to pharyngeal epithelial cells. The attachment of M. catarrhalis decreased (33-57%) significantly (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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