Disulfide disruption reverses mucus dysfunction in allergic airway disease

In asthma, mucus plugging is an important cause of airflow obstruction, but it is not targeted by widely used bronchodilator and anti-inflammatory drugs. Here the authors show that reduction of disulfide bonds that hold mucin polymers together reverses asthma-like obstruction in mice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leslie E. Morgan, Ana M. Jaramillo, Siddharth K. Shenoy, Dorota Raclawska, Nkechinyere A. Emezienna, Vanessa L. Richardson, Naoko Hara, Anna Q. Harder, James C. NeeDell, Corinne E. Hennessy, Hassan M. El-Batal, Chelsea M. Magin, Diane E. Grove Villalon, Gregg Duncan, Justin S. Hanes, Jung Soo Suk, David J. Thornton, Fernando Holguin, William J. Janssen, William R. Thelin, Christopher M. Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20499-0