Elizabeth M. Engle

The paper introduces an inverse Transwell assay to study mucus barrier function against respiratory viruses and identifies MUC5AC's role in antiviral defense.

This study shows that female sex hormones enhance gonococcal colonization at the endocervix by altering mucus production and structure, increasing bacterial microcolony size and number.

This paper describes a method to isolate airway mucins from pig trachea at a large scale for pulmonary disease research, showing higher mucin content and microviscosity compared to gastric mucins and human mucus.