Fig. 1. Secondary RSV infection in post septic mice induces hyper mucus production.

A) Schematic of RSV infection in Sham or CLP. B) Sham or CLP mice were infected with RSV or left uninfected and 8 days post infection mice were euthanized and their lungs were harvested and stained with H&E or PAS. B) RNA was extracted from the lungs and mucin associated genes were analyzed by RT-PCR. Data is representative of three independent experiments, n=3–5 mice/group. The data is expressed as mean ± S.E.