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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2017

Airway Mucus and Asthma: The Role of MUC5AC and MUC5B.

Luke R Bonser, David J Erle

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 199 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
199citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

199 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 323 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Heat-KilledInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  10. Airway secretory cells contain both a perinuclear Golgi ribbon and dispersed Golgi satellites.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2026
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  11. Structural and cellular mechanisms of mucus plugging in the larger airways.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2026
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  18. Mucus Plugs and Eosinophilic Inflammation: Expanding the Paradigm to COPD.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2026
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139 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luke R BonserLung Biology Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. luke.bonser@ucsf.edu.
David J ErleLung Biology Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. david.erle@ucsf.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2171-0648
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Understanding Asthma EndotypesU19AI077439 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI David J Erle · 2008 to 2026
$41.1M
Airway Epithelial Reprogramming in AsthmaR01HL138424 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ERLE, DAVID J · 2017 to 2018
$1.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL138424NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI077439
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is characterized by mucus abnormalities. Airway epithelial hyperplasia and metaplasia result in changes in stored and secreted mucin and the production of a pathologic mucus gel. Mucus transport is impaired, culminating in mucus plugging and airway obstruction-a major cause of morbidity in asthma. The polymeric mucins MUC5AC and MUC5B are integral components of airway mucus.

Indexed as

asthmaMUC5ACMUC5B

Identifiers

PMID29186064
PMCPMC5742801
OpenAlexW2765851819

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