Exhaled particles and small airways.
B BakeP LarssonG LjungkvistE LjungströmAnna-Carin OlinPublished in: Respiratory research (2019)
The physical properties and content of exhaled particles generated by the airway reopening mechanism offers an exciting noninvasive way to obtain samples from the respiratory tract lining fluid of small airways. The biomarker potential is only at the beginning to be explored.