Quantitative analysis of multiple elements in healthy and remodeled epithelium from human upper airway mucosa using nuclear microscopy
Adult
Male
Phosphorus
Middle Aged
Epithelium
Nasal Mucosa
Zinc
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Nuclear Microscopy
Airway Remodeling
Humans
Calcium
Copper
DOI:
10.1111/all.13329
Publication Date:
2017-10-11T07:07:10Z
AUTHORS (8)
ABSTRACT
AbstractElements are vital in airway mucosal physiology and pathology, but their distribution and levels in the mucosa remain unclear. This study uses the state‐of‐the‐art nuclear microscopy facility to map and quantify multiple elements in the histology sections of nasal mucosa from patients with nasal polyps or inverted papilloma. Our results demonstrate that P and Ca are the most abundant elements in mucosa and their distinct difference between epithelial and subepithelial regions; more importantly, our results reveal decreased amounts of Cu and Zn in the remodeled epithelium as compared to the normal epithelium. These findings suggest that Cu and Zn may be beneficial targets to regulate aberrant epithelial remodeling in airway inflammation.
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