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Cigarette smoke and calcium conspire to impair CFTR function in airway epithelia

To maintain health and function in response to inhaled environmental irritants and toxins, the lungs and airways depend upon an innate defense system that involves the secretion of mucus (i.e., mucin, salts, and water) by airway epithelium onto the apical surface to trap foreign particles. Airway mu...

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Autor principal: Braun, Andrew P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5210164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24755862
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/chan.28970