Abstract

Kesimer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry &Biophysics. The Mucus Core will perform key mucin biochemical and biophysical measurements for all the Projects of the tPPG, which as a group are devoted to developing effective treatments to enhance mucus clearance based on a solid understanding of the physical and biochemical forces and factors which affect mucus viscoelasticity, transport, and the adhesion of mucus to epithelial surfaces. Emerging data from the Sheehan/Kesimer laboratory indicate strongly that proteins associating tightly with mucins are essential to mucus viscoelasticity and participate in airways defense. For Projects II and III, accordingly, the Core will use mass spectrometry approaches to identify the proteins that associate intimately with mucins, the mucin-interacting proteome.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
1P01HL108808-01A1
Application #
8292411
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZHL1-CSR-Q (F1))
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2012-06-15
Budget End
2013-05-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2012
Total Cost
$393,161
Indirect Cost
$127,512

  Institution

Name
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Department
Type
DUNS #
608195277
City
Chapel Hill
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27599

  Publications

Ge, Ting; Grest, Gary S; Rubinstein, Michael (2018) Nanorheology of Entangled Polymer Melts. Phys Rev Lett 120:057801
Abdullah, Lubna H; Coakley, Raymond; Webster, Megan J et al. (2018) Mucin Production and Hydration Responses to Mucopurulent Materials in Normal versus Cystic Fibrosis Airway Epithelia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 197:481-491
Yu, Dongfang; Saini, Yogesh; Chen, Gang et al. (2018) Loss of ? Epithelial Sodium Channel Function in Meibomian Glands Produces Pseudohypoaldosteronism 1-Like Ocular Disease in Mice. Am J Pathol 188:95-110
Muhlebach, Marianne S; Hatch, Joseph E; Einarsson, Gisli G et al. (2018) Anaerobic bacteria cultured from cystic fibrosis airways correlate to milder disease: a multisite study. Eur Respir J 52:
Livraghi-Butrico, Alessandra; Wilkinson, Kristen J; Volmer, Allison S et al. (2018) Lung disease phenotypes caused by overexpression of combinations of ?-, ?-, and ?-subunits of the epithelial sodium channel in mouse airways. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 314:L318-L331
Chen, Gang; Volmer, Allison S; Wilkinson, Kristen J et al. (2018) Role of Spdef in the Regulation of Muc5b Expression in the Airways of Naive and Mucoobstructed Mice. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 59:383-396
Bennett, William D; Zeman, Kirby L; Laube, Beth L et al. (2018) Homogeneity of Aerosol Deposition and Mucociliary Clearance are Improved Following Ivacaftor Treatment in Cystic Fibrosis. J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv 31:204-211
Reighard, Katelyn P; Ehre, Camille; Rushton, Zachary L et al. (2017) Role of Nitric Oxide-Releasing Chitosan Oligosaccharides on Mucus Viscoelasticity. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 3:1017-1026
Zhou, Jinsheng; Wang, Yanqian; Menard, Laurent D et al. (2017) Enhanced nanochannel translocation and localization of genomic DNA molecules using three-dimensional nanofunnels. Nat Commun 8:807
Livraghi-Butrico, A; Grubb, B R; Wilkinson, K J et al. (2017) Contribution of mucus concentration and secreted mucins Muc5ac and Muc5b to the pathogenesis of muco-obstructive lung disease. Mucosal Immunol 10:829

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