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ReviewRespiratory physiology & neurobiology2007

Fluid secretion by submucosal glands of the tracheobronchial airways.

Stephen T Ballard, Domenico Spadafora

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Review in Respiratory physiology & neurobiology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Structural and cellular mechanisms of mucus plugging in the larger airways.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2026
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  5. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  6. Elastic mucus strands impair mucociliary clearance in cystic fibrosis pigs.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  8. Cellular and molecular architecture of submucosal glands in wild-type and cystic fibrosis pigs.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  11. PAR-2-activated secretion by airway gland serous cells: role for CFTR and inhibition byAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2021
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  14. Mucociliary Transport in Healthy and Cystic Fibrosis Pig Airways.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2018
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  17. Gel-forming mucins form distinct morphologic structures in airways.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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  19. Hallmarks of therapeutic management of the cystic fibrosis functional landscape.Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen T BallardDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA. sballard@usouthal.edu
Domenico Spadafora
University of South Alabama · US

Funding

AIRWAY SUBMUCOSAL GLANDS AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS DISEASER01HL063302 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI BALLARD, STEPHEN T · 2001 to 2009
$2.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL063302NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL063302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Submucosal glands of the tracheobronchial airways provide the important functions of secreting mucins, antimicrobial substances, and fluid. This review focuses on the ionic mechanism and regulation of gland fluid secretion and examines the possible role of gland dysfunction in the lethal disease cystic fibrosis (CF). The fluid component of gland secretion is driven by the active transepithelial secretion of both Cl(-) and HCO(3)(-) by serous cells. Gland fluid secretion is neurally regulated with acetylcholine, substance P, and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) playing prominent roles. The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is present in the apical membrane of gland serous cells and mediates the VIP-induced component of liquid secretion whereas the muscarinic component of liquid secretion appears to be at least partially CFTR-independent. Loss of CFTR function, which occurs in CF disease, reduces the capacity of glands to secrete fluid but not mucins. The possible links between the loss of fluid secretion capability and the complex airway pathology of CF are discussed.

Indexed as

BronchiCystic FibrosisExocrine GlandsExtracellular FluidHumansIon TransportLungRespiratory MucosaTrachea

Identifiers

PMID17707699
PMCPMC2753881
OpenAlexW2034202994

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