"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D009079
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.386.520 G09.772.555
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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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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mucociliary Clearance" by people in Profiles.
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Losartan Rescues Inflammation-related Mucociliary Dysfunction in Relevant Models of Cystic Fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 02 01; 201(3):313-324.
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Quantitative Estimation of the Effect of Nasal Mucociliary Function on in Vivo Absorption of Norfloxacin after Intranasal Administration to Rats. Mol Pharm. 2018 10 01; 15(10):4462-4469.
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The relationship between in vivo nasal drug clearance and in vitro nasal mucociliary clearance: Application to the prediction of nasal drug absorption. Eur J Pharm Sci. 2018 May 30; 117:21-26.
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Mitochondrial iron chelation ameliorates cigarette smoke-induced bronchitis and emphysema in mice. Nat Med. 2016 Feb; 22(2):163-74.
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Ten years of tiotropium: clinical impact and patient perspectives. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2013; 8:117-25.
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Lung mucociliary clearance. Eur J Nucl Med. 1994 Sep; 21(9):953-61.