Automated acquisition and analysis of airway surface liquid height by confocal microscopy

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2015, Pages L109-L118

  Choi, Hyun Chul ^a   Kim, Christine Seul Ki ^b   Tarran, Robert ^b  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway surface liquid; CFTR; COPD; Cystic fibrosis; ENaC; Fluorescent microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHLORIDE; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN SPLUNC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BPIFA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; SODIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPITHELIAL LINING FLUID; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRONCHUS; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BRONCHI; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SODIUM;

EID: 84937437671     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00027.2015     Document Type: Article

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