Journal article
Electrolyte transport by airway epithelia
Physiological reviews, Vol.67(4), pp.1143-1184
1987
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1987.67.4.1143
PMID: 3317457
Abstract
In this review, I focus on how airway epithelia transport electrolytes and what regulates this transport. This is a relatively new topic in physiology. Researchers have recognized only recently that airways are more than conduits for airflow to the alveoli, the first work on airway transport properties having been published in 1975 (118). I primarily review the literature but also emphasize uncertainties and gaps in our knowledge. This approach may help focus important but unanswered questions. I occasionally refer to other epithelia, when a comparison or analog may help our understanding of airway epithelia. At the end, I briefly address the pathophysiology of airway epithelia because abnormal electrolyte transport is part of several airway diseases. I do not cover mucus secretion.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Electrolyte transport by airway epithelia
- Creators
- M. J Welsh - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physiological reviews, Vol.67(4), pp.1143-1184
- Publisher
- American Physiological Society
- DOI
- 10.1152/physrev.1987.67.4.1143
- PMID
- 3317457
- ISSN
- 0031-9333
- eISSN
- 1522-1210
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1987
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center; Neurosurgery; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984259442202771
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