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Mucociliary dysfunction in HIV and smoked substance abuse

Impaired mucociliary clearance (MCC) is a hallmark of acquired chronic airway diseases like chronic bronchitis associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. This manifests as microbial colonization of the lung consequently leading to recurrent respiratory infections. Peopl...

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Autores principales: Chinnapaiyan, Srinivasan, Unwalla, Hoshang J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26528246
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01052