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Airway structure

Known as: airway structures, Airways, breathing passages 
The part of the respiratory system between the nose or mouth and the lungs.
National Institutes of Health

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Airway HemangiomaDeprecated Condition indicating eligibility for illness or injury registryRespiration

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BronchiBronchiolesLarynxNose

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Respiratory SystemRespiratory tract structure

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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Interleukin-13 mediates airways hyperreactivity through the IL-4 receptor-alpha chain and STAT-6 independently of IL-5 and eotaxin.
Interleukin (IL)-13 is a central mediator of the processes underlying the induction of airways hyperreactivity (AHR) in the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Expression of epidermal growth factor and epidermal growth factor receptor immunoreactivity in the asthmatic human airway.
Chronic airway inflammation, one of the pathophysiologic features of bronchial asthma, is suspected to be responsible for… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
MUC5B and MUC7 are differentially expressed in mucous and serous cells of submucosal glands in human bronchial airways.
Mucins are high molecular-weight glycoproteins involved in the protection and lubrication of respiratory, gastrointestinal, and… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Lower airways inflammation during rhinovirus colds in normal and in asthmatic subjects.
Human rhinoviruses (HRV) cause the majority of common colds and are etiologically linked with changes in lower airways physiology… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Role of interleukin-8 (IL-8) and an inhibitory effect of erythromycin on IL-8 release in the airways of patients with chronic airway diseases
To evaluate of the role of interleukin-8 (IL-8), a chemotactic cytokine, in the continuous neutrophil accumulation in the airways… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Characteristics of the inflammation in biopsies from large airways of subjects with asthma and subjects with chronic airflow limitation.
Although the characteristics of the histopathologic changes present in subjects who die with status asthmaticus are well… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Comparison of the prevalence of reversible airways obstruction in rural and urban Zimbabwean children.
The prevalence of reversible airways obstruction has been assessed in children in three areas in Zimbabwe--northern Harare (high… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Impulse activity in afferent vagal C-fibres with endings in the intrapulmonary airways of dogs.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
β-ADRENERGIC AGONIST RESISTANCE IN NORMAL HUMAN AIRWAYS
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
MECHANISM OF BRONCHOCONSTRICTION DURING INHALATION OF SULFUR DIOXIDE.
Inhalation of SO2 (4–6 ppm) for 10 min decreased airway conductance (increased airway resistance) in seven healthy subjects… 
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