ABSTRACT
The incidence rate of chronic airway inflammatory diseases caused by airway mucus hypersecretion caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae(MP) infection is increasing year by year.In this paper, the damage of MP on airway mucosa through its adhesion, migration, community acquired respiratory distress syndrome toxin(CARDS Tx)and other virulence factors is described, which directly damages the structure and function of airway epithelium and affects the metabolism of ciated cells.It can also cause the increase of airway pro-inflammatory cytokines and the up regulation of toll-like receptor, resulting in the increase of airway mucus secretion.In addition, when MP infects airway epithelial cells, it will increase mucin(MUC)production through signal transduction pathway, which will increase the secretion of MUC5AC and lead to airway mucus hypersecretion.Controling airway mucus hypersecretion caused by MP infection can reduce the occurrence of chronic airway inflammation and helpful to the treatment of refractory MP infection.