Mucus Physically Restricts Influenza A Viral Particle Access to the Epithelium (Adv. Biology 4/2025)
Influenza A Mucus serves as a physical and adhesive barrier to infectious agents in the lung. The article number 2400329 by Gregg A. Duncan and co-workers demonstrates how the penetration of flu virus through the mucus barrier is significantly limited by the gel's internal microstructure and, to a lesser extent, by adhesive binding to mucin glycans.
Authors
- Margaret A. Scull (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6860-2468)
- Allison Boboltz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4203-5928)
- Logan Kaler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6502-5773)
- Taj Yeruva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9717-0812)
- Gregg A. Duncan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6811-1327)
- Maxinne A. Ignacio
- Ethan Iverson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5815-8079)
- Elizabeth Engle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4305-8117)
- Maria Corkran
Institutions
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Biology
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202570097
- Primary Topic
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00