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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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Publicat a:Biochem Soc Trans
Autors principals: Ridley, Caroline, Thornton, David J.
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Portland Press Ltd. 2018
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195635/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30154090
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BST20170402
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