"Mucociliary Clearance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A non-specific host defense mechanism that removes MUCUS and other material from the LUNGS by ciliary and secretory activity of the tracheobronchial submucosal glands. It is measured in vivo as mucus transfer, ciliary beat frequency, and clearance of radioactive tracers.
| Descriptor ID |
D009079
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.386.520 G09.772.555
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| Concept/Terms |
Mucociliary Clearance- Mucociliary Clearance
- Clearance, Mucociliary
- Clearances, Mucociliary
- Mucociliary Clearances
- Mucociliary Transport
- Mucociliary Transports
- Transport, Mucociliary
- Transports, Mucociliary
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mucociliary Clearance" by people in Profiles.
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Anatomy and physiology of the upper airway. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2011 Mar; 8(1):31-9.
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Mucociliary transport in chronic rhinosinusitis. Clin Allergy Immunol. 2007; 20:103-19.
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Nasal and paranasal sinus anatomy and physiology. Clin Allergy Immunol. 2007; 19:1-21.
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The role of leukotrienes in nasal allergy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003 Sep; 129(3):274-9.
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A comparison of nasal clearance after treatment of perennial allergic rhinitis with budesonide and mometasone. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003 Feb; 128(2):220-7.
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beta(2)-adrenergic receptor overexpression increases alveolar fluid clearance and responsiveness to endogenous catecholamines in rats. Circ Res. 2001 Nov 09; 89(10):907-14.
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Pulmonary manifestations of neuromuscular disease with special reference to Duchenne muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2000 Feb; 29(2):141-50.
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Anatomic and physiologic considerations in sinusitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1992 Sep; 90(3 Pt 2):419-23.