Reconstituted Human Upper Airway Epithelium as 3-D In Vitro Model for Nasal Polyposis
Figure 5
Overtime secretion of mucin and lactoferrin in nasal polyp (black boxes) and control nasal mucosa (white boxes) ALI cultures.
A, MUC5AC secretion (ng/ml). B, MUC5B secretion (RU/ml). C, Lactoferrin secretion (ng/ml). Results are expressed as medians and interquartile ranges with 25th–75th percentiles. *, P<0.05 vs day 0. Statistical analysis by Mann-Whitney U test (between groups) and by Wilcoxon test (within groups).