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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology2025

Do pulmonary ionocytes absorb chloride or secrete chloride?

Ian M Thornell, Lei Lei, Paul B McCray, Michael J Welsh

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Review in American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Considerations for early life genetic therapies in cystic fibrosis.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2026
    Review
  3. Review
  4. Ionocyte CFTR Coordinates Chloride Absorption and Secretion to Balance Airway Fluid.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025
    Article
  5. Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ian M ThornellDepartment of Internal Medicine, Pappajohn Biomedical Institute, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5535-2925
Lei LeiStead Family Department of Pediatrics, Pappajohn Biomedical Institute, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
Paul B McCrayStead Family Department of Pediatrics, Pappajohn Biomedical Institute, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
Michael J WelshDepartment of Internal Medicine, Pappajohn Biomedical Institute, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1646-6206

Funding

Pulmonary Toxicology Facility CoreP30ES005605 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Jong Sung Kim · 1990 to 2026
$40.5M
Respiratory virus infection in early cystic fibrosis lung diseaseP01HL091842 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI ZABNER, JOSEPH · 2008 to 2022
$34.2M
Pathology CoreP01HL152960 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI ENGELHARDT, JOHN F · 2020 to 2024
$11.6M
SCGE Disease Models Studies Supplement: Repair of a CFTR Nonsense Mutation Using Adenine Base EditingUH3HL147366 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI MCCRAY, PAUL B · 2021 to 2022
$2.3M
Delivery of CRISPR Ribonucleoproteins to Airway Epithelia Using Novel Amphiphilic PeptidesUG3HL147366 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI MCCRAY, PAUL B · 2018 to 2020
$2.1M
Adenine Base Edited Correction of Cystic Fibrosis AirwaysR01HL171035 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI PAUL B MCCRAY, PATRICK L SINN · 2024 to 2026
$1.9M
Receptor-mediated Control of Pulmonary IonocytesR01HL173260 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Ian M Thornell · 2025 to 2026
$1.1M
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) MCCRAY23G0Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) THORNE24G0HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) HL091842HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) HL147366HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) HL152960HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) HL171035Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL091842NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL152960NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL171035NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL173260NHLBI NIH HHS UG3 HL147366NHLBI NIH HHS UH3 HL147366NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005605Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust (RJCCT)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary ionocytes express high levels of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) channels. When studied using the short-circuit current technique, ionocytes produce CFTR-dependent short-circuit currents consistent with Cl

Indexed as

ChloridesCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorLungAnimalsChloride ChannelsCystic FibrosisHumansCFTR protein, humanChloride ChannelsChloridesCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorCFTRepitheliaionocyteion transportUssing

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PMID39716827
PMCPMC12186486

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