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Airway Obstruction

Known as: Obstructions, Airway, Airway Obstruction [Disease/Finding], obstruction airway 
Any hindrance to the passage of air into and out of the lungs.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Bitter taste receptors on airway smooth muscle bronchodilate by a localized calcium flux and reverse obstruction
Bitter taste receptors (TAS2Rs) on the tongue probably evolved to evoke signals for avoiding ingestion of plant toxins. We found… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Airway smooth muscle dynamics: a common pathway of airway obstruction in asthma.
Excessive airway obstruction is the cause of symptoms and abnormal lung function in asthma. As airway smooth muscle (ASM) is the… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Clinical relevance of airway remodelling in airway diseases
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterised by airflow obstruction, airway remodelling (measurable… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Allergen-specific Th1 cells fail to counterbalance Th2 cell-induced airway hyperreactivity but cause severe airway inflammation.
Allergic asthma, which is present in as many as 10% of individuals in industrialized nations, is characterized by chronic airway… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Lower airway inflammation in infants and young children with cystic fibrosis.
Airway inflammation is an important component of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. To determine whether this begins early in the… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Interleukin 4, but not interleukin 5 or eosinophils, is required in a murine model of acute airway hyperreactivity [published erratum appears in J Exp Med 1997 May 5;185(9):1715]
Reversible airway hyperreactivity underlies the pathophysiology of asthma, yet the precise mediators of the response remain… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The relative importance of septal and nasal valvular surgery in correcting airway obstruction in primary and secondary rhinoplasty.
Despite the apparent association of nasal airway obstruction with septal deviation and/or inferior turbinate hypertrophy… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Interleukin 12 inhibits antigen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness, inflammation, and Th2 cytokine expression in mice
Allergic asthma is characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness and pulmonary eosinophilia, and may be mediated by T helper (Th… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Depletion of murine CD4+ T lymphocytes prevents antigen-induced airway hyperreactivity and pulmonary eosinophilia.
The pathogenesis of asthma remains unclear. An in vivo murine model of antigen-induced airway hyperreactivity and inflammation… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Effect of long-term treatment with an inhaled corticosteroid (budesonide) on airway hyperresponsiveness and clinical asthma in nonsteroid-dependent asthmatics.
Several short-term studies have shown that inhaled steroids can reduce airway hyper-responsiveness in asthma. To evaluate whether… 
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