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Nannan Gao1, Fariba Rezaee1,2

  • 1Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.

Pharmaceutics
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adherens junctionairway epithelial cellsantimicrobial therapyapical junctional complexbacterial infectionepithelial barrier dysfunctionpermeabilitytight junctiontrans-epithelial electrical resistanceviral infection

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