 Mucociliary Clearance
"Mucociliary Clearance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A non-specific host defense mechanism that removes MUCUS and other material from the LUNGS by ciliary and secretory activity of the tracheobronchial submucosal glands. It is measured in vivo as mucus transfer, ciliary beat frequency, and clearance of radioactive tracers.
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D009079
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.386.520 G09.772.770.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Mucociliary Clearance- Mucociliary Clearance
- Clearance, Mucociliary
- Clearances, Mucociliary
- Mucociliary Clearances
- Mucociliary Transport
- Mucociliary Transports
- Transport, Mucociliary
- Transports, Mucociliary
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| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mucociliary Clearance" by people in Profiles.
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Bonser LR, Schroeder BW, Ostrin LA, Baumlin N, Olson JL, Salathe M, Erle DJ. The Endoplasmic Reticulum Resident Protein AGR3. Required for Regulation of Ciliary Beat Frequency in the Airway. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2015 Oct; 53(4):536-43.
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