A growing list of diverse biological systems and their equally diverse functionalities provides realizations of a paradigm of emergent behavior. In each of these biological systems …
Developing software tools that leverage biological data sets to accelerate drug discovery is an important aspect of bioinformatic research. Here, we present a novel example: a web …
The pathological properties of airway mucus in cystic fibrosis (CF) are dictated by mucus concentration and composition, with mucins and DNA being responsible for mucus …
In a healthy colon, the stratified mucus layer serves as a crucial innate immune barrier to protect the epithelium from microbes. Mucins are complex glycoproteins that serve as a …
Background Elevated extracellular DNA levels are found in the sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). However, studies investigating the association of extracellular DNA with CF …