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. 2019 Apr 25;4(2):32. doi: 10.3390/biomimetics4020032

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Possible scenarios in the interaction of chitosan-based nanosystems and mucins. Once the nanosystems achieve the mucus, they can go through the mucus and reach the epithelium (a), be shed with the mucus (b) or get trapped in the mucus gel (c).