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TNFα Affects Ciliary Beat Response to Increased Viscosity in Human Pediatric Airway Epithelium
In airway epithelium, mucociliary clearance (MCC) velocity depends on the ciliary beat frequency (CBF), and it is affected by mucus viscoelastic properties. Local inflammation induces secretion of cytokines (TNFα) that can alter mucus viscosity; however airway ciliated cells have an autoregulatory m...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5153504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28025644 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3628501 |