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Effects on Tracheal Cells and Bronchial Mucus Secretion

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Mucus secretion has been studied in isolated tracheas from ferrets and dogs (Borson et al. 1980; Kyle et al. 1987).

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Bruse, K.D. (2015). Effects on Tracheal Cells and Bronchial Mucus Secretion. In: Hock, F. (eds) Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27728-3_25-1

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