| A periciliary brush promotes the lung health by separating the mucus layer from airway epithelia B Button, LH Cai, C Ehre, M Kesimer, DB Hill, JK Sheehan, RC Boucher, ... Science 337 (6097), 937-941, 2012 | 856 | 2012 |
| A physical linkage between cystic fibrosis airway surface dehydration and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms H Matsui, VE Wagner, DB Hill, UE Schwab, TD Rogers, B Button, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (48), 18131-18136, 2006 | 286 | 2006 |
| A biophysical basis for mucus solids concentration as a candidate biomarker for airways disease DB Hill, PA Vasquez, J Mellnik, SA McKinley, A Vose, F Mu, ... PloS one 9 (2), e87681, 2014 | 198 | 2014 |
| Muc5b overexpression causes mucociliary dysfunction and enhances lung fibrosis in mice LA Hancock, CE Hennessy, GM Solomon, E Dobrinskikh, A Estrella, ... Nature communications 9 (1), 5363, 2018 | 194 | 2018 |
| Mucus accumulation in the lungs precedes structural changes and infection in children with cystic fibrosis CR Esther Jr, MS Muhlebach, C Ehre, DB Hill, MC Wolfgang, M Kesimer, ... Science translational medicine 11 (486), eaav3488, 2019 | 180 | 2019 |
| Fast vesicle transport in PC12 neurites: velocities and forces DB Hill, MJ Plaza, K Bonin, G Holzwarth European Biophysics Journal 33, 623-632, 2004 | 170 | 2004 |
| Pathological mucus and impaired mucus clearance in cystic fibrosis patients result from increased concentration, not altered pH DB Hill, RF Long, WJ Kissner, E Atieh, IC Garbarine, MR Markovetz, ... European Respiratory Journal 52 (6), 2018 | 121 | 2018 |
| Physiology and pathophysiology of human airway mucus DB Hill, B Button, M Rubinstein, RC Boucher Physiological Reviews 102 (4), 1757-1836, 2022 | 101 | 2022 |
| An improved inhaled mucolytic to treat airway muco-obstructive diseases C Ehre, ZL Rushton, B Wang, LN Hothem, CB Morrison, NC Fontana, ... American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 199 (2), 171-180, 2019 | 95 | 2019 |
| Effects of guaifenesin, N-acetylcysteine, and ambroxol on MUC5AC and mucociliary transport in primary differentiated human tracheal-bronchial cells JC Seagrave, HH Albrecht, DB Hill, DF Rogers, G Solomon Respiratory research 13, 1-10, 2012 | 93 | 2012 |
| Force generation and dynamics of individual cilia under external loading DB Hill, V Swaminathan, A Estes, J Cribb, ET O'Brien, CW Davis, ... Biophysical journal 98 (1), 57-66, 2010 | 93 | 2010 |
| Monitoring airway mucus flow and ciliary activity with optical coherence tomography AL Oldenburg, RK Chhetri, DB Hill, B Button Biomedical optics express 3 (9), 1978-1992, 2012 | 91 | 2012 |
| Airway mucus hyperconcentration in non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis KA Ramsey, ACH Chen, G Radicioni, R Lourie, M Martin, A Broomfield, ... American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 201 (6), 661-670, 2020 | 77 | 2020 |
| Establishment of respiratory air–liquid interface cultures and their use in studying mucin production, secretion, and function DB Hill, B Button Mucins: Methods and Protocols, 245-258, 2012 | 62 | 2012 |
| Model comparison and assessment for single particle tracking in biological fluids M Lysy, NS Pillai, DB Hill, MG Forest, JWR Mellnik, PA Vasquez, ... Journal of the American Statistical Association 111 (516), 1413-1426, 2016 | 58 | 2016 |
| Disruption and eradication of P. aeruginosa biofilms using nitric oxide-releasing chitosan oligosaccharides KP Reighard, DB Hill, GA Dixon, BV Worley, MH Schoenfisch Biofouling 31 (9-10), 775-787, 2015 | 57 | 2015 |
| Probing biological nanotopology via diffusion of weakly constrained plasmonic nanorods with optical coherence tomography RK Chhetri, RL Blackmon, WC Wu, DB Hill, B Button, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (41), E4289-E4297, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| Pulmonary fluid flow challenges for experimental and mathematical modeling R Levy, DB Hill, MG Forest, JB Grotberg American Zoologist 54 (6), 985-1000, 2014 | 53 | 2014 |
| Endotracheal tube mucus as a source of airway mucus for rheological study MR Markovetz, DB Subramani, WJ Kissner, CB Morrison, IC Garbarine, ... American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 317 (4 …, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
| Treatment of cystic fibrosis airway cells with CFTR modulators reverses aberrant mucus properties via hydration CB Morrison, KM Shaffer, KC Araba, MR Markovetz, JA Wykoff, ... European Respiratory Journal 59 (2), 2022 | 41 | 2022 |
Richard BoucherProfessor of Medicine, University of NC at Chapel HillVerified email at med.unc.edu
