Short and Long Term Repeatability of Saccharin Transit Time in Current, Former, and Never Smokers

Short and Long Term Repeatability of Saccharin Transit Time in Current, Former, and Never Smokers

Smoking progressively damages the efficiency of mucociliary clearance (MCC) defense mechanisms, thus contributing to increased susceptibility to respiratory infections. Prolonged mucociliary clearance transit time (MCCTT) caused by chronic smoking has been investigated by saccharin test, but little...

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Main Authors: Rosalia Emma, Pasquale Caponnetto, Fabio Cibella, Massimo Caruso, Gianluca Conte, Francesca Benfatto, Salvatore Ferlito, Alessandro Gulino, Riccardo Polosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
smoking
mucociliary clearance transit time
saccharin test
reproducibility
MCC
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.01109/full

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