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Mucociliary transport is one of the essential defensive functions of the airway mucosa. Dysfunction of this system facilitates recurrent and chronic mucosal inflammation and allergy of the alrway. In this paper, factors relevant to mucociliary function are reviewed with 11O references. The bioactive substances that are reviewed in this paper are as follows: immune complexes, viruses, bacteria, allergen, MBP, elastase, sulfide peptide leukotrienes, platelet activating factor, prostaglandins, histamine, bradykinin, neuropeptides, autonomic neurotransmitters, lysozyme, etc. |
