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ReviewBiochemical Society transactions2018

Role of mucins in lung homeostasis: regulated expression and biosynthesis in health and disease.

Breanna A Symmes, Adrianne L Stefanski, Chelsea M Magin, Christopher M Evans

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Review in Biochemical Society transactions, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. 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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  3. Mucin stimulates the growth ofMicrobiology (Reading, England) · 2026
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  7. Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  10. MUC5AC filaments illuminate the structural diversification of respiratory and intestinal mucins.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Breanna A SymmesDivision of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, U.S.A. breanna.symmes@UCDenver.edu.
Adrianne L StefanskiDivision of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, U.S.A.
Chelsea M MaginDivision of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, U.S.A.
Christopher M EvansDivision of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0001-5600-7314
University of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESEARCH TRAININGT32HL007085 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI ELLEN L BURNHAM, LISA A MAIER · 1985 to 2026
$21.6M
Role of Mucin in Lung Homeostasis and PathophysiologyR01HL080396 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Christopher M Evans · 2009 to 2026
$8.6M
Mechanisms of lung macrophage programming by MUC5B during health and diseaseR01HL130938 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI EVANS, CHRISTOPHER M · 2016 to 2025
$5.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL080396NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL130938NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In humans and mice, the first line of innate defense against inhaled pathogens and particles in the respiratory tract is airway mucus. The primary solid components of the mucus layer are the mucins MUC5AC and MUC5B, polymeric glycoproteins whose changes in abundance and structure can dramatically affect airway defense. Accordingly,

Indexed as

HomeostasisAnimalsGene Expression RegulationHumansInflammationLungMucinsTranscription, GeneticMucinslungmucinmucus

Identifiers

PMID29802217
PMCPMC8359647
OpenAlexW2804927714

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