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Mucins: the frontline defence of the lung
Mucus plays a vital role in protecting the lungs from environmental factors, but conversely, in muco-obstructive airway disease, mucus becomes pathologic. In its protective role, mucus entraps microbes and particles removing them from the lungs via the co-ordinated beating of motile cilia. This mech...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Portland Press Ltd.
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195635/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30154090 http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BST20170402 |