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Therapeutic options for hydrating airway mucus in cystic fibrosis.
Bernadett Tildy, Duncan F. Rogers 
01 Jan 2015-Pharmacology
29 Citations
PCL layer dehydration reduces mucociliary clearance (MCC), leading to airway obstruction (reduced airflow and inflammation due to pathogen invasion) with mucus plug formation.
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Mucus plugs in patients with asthma linked to eosinophilia and airflow obstruction
Eleanor M. Dunican, Brett M. Elicker, David S. Gierada, Scott K. Nagle, Mark L. Schiebler, John D. Newell, Wilfred W. Raymond, Marrah E. Lachowicz-Scroggins, Selena Di Maio, Eric A. Hoffman, Mario Castro, Sean B. Fain, Nizar N. Jarjour, Elliot Israel, Bruce D. Levy, Serpil C. Erzurum, Sally E. Wenzel, Deborah A. Meyers, Eugene R. Bleecker, Brenda R. Phillips, David T. Mauger, Erin D. Gordon, Prescott G. Woodruff, Michael C. Peters, John V. Fahy 
05 Feb 2018-Journal of Clinical Investigation
303 Citations
Mucus plugs are a plausible mechanism of chronic airflow obstruction in severe asthma, and EPO-generated oxidants may mediate mucus plug formation.
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Size-Limited Penetration of Nanoparticles into Porcine Respiratory Mucus after Aerosol Deposition.
Xabier Murgia, Paul Pawelzyk, Ulrich F. Schaefer, Christian Wagner, Norbert Willenbacher, Claus-Michael Lehr 
15 Mar 2016-Biomacromolecules
99 Citations
In contrast, after aerosol deposition on top of the mucus layer only particles with a size of 100 nm were able to penetrate into mucus, suggesting the presence of smaller pores at the air-mucus interface compared to within mucus.
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Time for TMEM
Catherine M. Fuller
01 Dec 2012-The Journal of Physiology
11 Citations
Expression of an apical chloride channel in these cells or in the mucus granule membrane would facilitate wash-out of mucus into the pericilliary fluid layer.
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Lectin-Induced Mucus Release in the Urn Cell Complex of the Marine Invertebrate Sipunculus nudus (Linnaeus).
Santo V. Nicosia
09 Nov 1979-Science
11 Citations
Mucus secretion may therefore be initiated by the interaction of mucus-releasing stimuli with fucosyl or galactosyl residues of specific membrane receptors.
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Post-traumatic bronchial mucus plug leading to pneumonectomy
Khan, UN Sarkar 
01 Jan 2012-International Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research
This mucus plug can cause collapse of the lung and ill consequences.
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Abnormal mucus: nominated but not yet elected.
J Forstner, A Wesley, M Mantle, H Kopelman, D Man, Gordon G. Forstner 
01 Jan 1984-Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
19 Citations
Mucus secretions of the intestine may contribute to plug formation in CF, through several mechanisms acting alone or simultaneously.
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Effects of Surface Tension and Yield Stress on Mucus Plug Rupture: A Numerical Study.
Yingying Hu, Francesco Romanò, James B. Grotberg 
01 Jun 2020-Journal of Biomechanical Engineering-transactions of The Asme
14 Citations
Results show that, the maximum wall shear stress remarkably changes right prior to the rupture of the mucus plug.
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A microfluidic model to study fluid dynamics of mucus plug rupture in small lung airways
Yingying Hu, Yingying Hu, Shiyao Bian, John C. Grotberg, Marcel Filoche, Joshua B. White, Shuichi Takayama, James B. Grotberg 
18 Aug 2015-Biomicrofluidics
30 Citations
Fluid dynamics of mucus plug rupture is important to understand mucus clearance in lung airways and potential effects of mucus plug rupture on epithelial cells at lung airway walls.
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Stone Formation After Augmentation Cystoplasty: The Role of Intestinal Mucus
Antoine E. Khoury, Michael Salomon, Roger Doche, Fouad Soboh, Cameron Ackerley, Rama Jayanthi, Gordon A. McLorie, Marc W. Mittelman 
01 Sep 1997-The Journal of Urology
92 Citations
Mucus appears to have an important role in the genesis of bladder stones after augmentation, possibly acting as a nidus.

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