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Mucociliary Clearance

Mucociliary Clearance is a physiological defense mechanism in the respiratory tract characterized by the coordinated movement of cilia and mucus to remove inhaled particles and pathogens from the airways.

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2017–2026

586

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Mucociliary Transport

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Therapy of CF-Patients with Amitriptyline and Placebo - a Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase IIb Multicenter, Cohort-Study

Lutz Nährlich, Jochen G. Mainz, Constantin Adams et al. · Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry · 2013 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Defective intracellular transport and processing of CFTR is the molecular basis of most cystic fibrosis

Seng H. Cheng, Richard J. Gregory, John Marshall et al. · Cell · 1990 · 1.8K citations

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Functional Repair of CFTR by CRISPR/Cas9 in Intestinal Stem Cell Organoids of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Gerald Schwank, Bon‐Kyoung Koo, Valentina Sasselli et al. · Cell stem cell · 2013 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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A Human Syndrome Caused by Immotile Cilia

Björn A. Afzelius · Science · 1976 · 1.3K citations

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A revised airway epithelial hierarchy includes CFTR-expressing ionocytes

Daniel T. Montoro, Adam L. Haber, Moshe Biton et al. · Nature · 2018 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RC
    Richard C. Boucher

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    85 publications · 13.5K citations

    54

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  2. MK
    Malcolm King

    University of Alberta, Canada

    60 publications · 4K citations

    34

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    Steven M. Rowe

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    47 publications · 5K citations

    33

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  4. DP
    D Pavia

    The Royal Free Hospital, United Kingdom

    45 publications · 1.7K citations

    27

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  5. MR
    Michael R. Knowles

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    27 publications · 4.6K citations

    25

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Institutions

2.5K

  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    76 h-index

    957 publications

    113.3K citations

  2. University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, United States

    49 h-index

    380 publications

    32K citations

  3. Inserm

    Paris, France

    40 h-index

    423 publications

    26K citations

  4. Lung Institute

    Dallas, United States

    40 h-index

    412 publications

    30.2K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    40 h-index

    160 publications

    23.1K citations

  6. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    38 h-index

    269 publications

    33K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    37 h-index

    218 publications

    21.2K citations

  8. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    35 h-index

    182 publications

    18.8K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 279 publications · 10.1K citations

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  2. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

    AJRCCM · 60 publications · 6.6K citations

    48

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  3. CHEST Journal

    86 publications · 5.3K citations

    43

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  4. European Respiratory Journal

    77 publications · 4.8K citations

    40

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  5. Journal of Applied Physiology

    67 publications · 4.3K citations

    40

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