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SUBMITTER: Long K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9978471 | biostudies-literature | 2023
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Long Kai K Liu Jing J Shen Shuhao S Thong Mark M Wang Deyun D Chen Nanguang N
Computational and structural biotechnology journal 20230220
Mucociliary clearance is an important innate defense mechanism predominantly mediated by ciliated cells in the upper respiratory tract. Ciliary motility on the respiratory epithelium surface and mucus pathogen trapping assist in maintaining healthy airways. Optical imaging methods have been used to obtain several indicators for assessing ciliary movement. Light-sheet laser speckle imaging (LSH-LSI) is a label-free and non-invasive optical technique for three-dimensional and quantitative mapping ...[more]