| 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 | 819 | 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 | 287 | 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 | 188 | 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 | 179 | 2018 |
| Fast vesicle transport in PC12 neurites: velocities and forces DB Hill, MJ Plaza, K Bonin, G Holzwarth European Biophysics Journal 33, 623-632, 2004 | 167 | 2004 |
| 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 | 161 | 2019 |
| 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 | 106 | 2018 |
| 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), 1-10, 2012 | 91 | 2012 |
| 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 | 87 | 2019 |
| 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 | 87 | 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 | 87 | 2010 |
| 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 | 70 | 2020 |
| Physiology and pathophysiology of human airway mucus DB Hill, B Button, M Rubinstein, RC Boucher Physiological Reviews 102 (4), 1757-1836, 2022 | 68 | 2022 |
| 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 | 60 | 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 | 59 | 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 | 56 | 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 | 52 | 2014 |
| Modeling and simulation of mucus flow in human bronchial epithelial cell cultures–Part I: Idealized axisymmetric swirling flow PA Vasquez, Y Jin, E Palmer, D Hill, MG Forest PLoS Computational Biology 12 (8), e1004872, 2016 | 38 | 2016 |
| Forces required of kinesin during processive transport through cytoplasm G Holzwarth, K Bonin, DB Hill Biophysical journal 82 (4), 1784-1790, 2002 | 37 | 2002 |
Richard BoucherProfessor of Medicine, University of NC at Chapel HillVerified email at med.unc.edu
