The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 No 7286 p178
14 February 2004

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Protein blocks mucus secretion

Researchers have identified a fragment of a protein that inhibits mucin release in a mouse model of asthma. They found that intrathecal administration of the protein 15 minutes before an induced asthma attack, blocks mucus hypersecretion (Nature Medicine 2004;10:193).