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a nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions

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Binding to G-protein coupled receptors on specialized cells on/in the GI mucosa, (5) butyrate mediates the release of anti-inflammatory cytokines, mucins, hydrogen peroxide, antimicrobial peptides, and lysozyme.
The Incredible Gastrointestinal Barrier System and Permeability: Laboratory Assessment and Insights for Intervention
In preclinical studies, the AMPPLIFY Drug Delivery Technology increased delivery of LE into ocular tissues more than three-fold compared to current LE products by facilitating penetration through the tear film mucins.
Kala Pharmaceuticals New Drug Application for KPI-121 0.25% for Dry Eye Disease Accepted for Review by the US Food and Drug Administration
Some of the mucin sugars are similar in structure to the antigens on A- and B-type blood.
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Next, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) was knocked down with Nrf2 small interfering RNA (siRNA) to confirm the specific role of Nrf2 in mucin regulation of CUR in NCI-H292 cells.
Curcumin Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Mucin 5AC Hypersecretion and Airway Inflammation via Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2
Changes in both the protein and sugar structure accompany inseparably cancer cells and cause an increase or decrease in the expression of a given apomucin or/and changes in the type of mucins produced.
Significance of mucin expression in pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN)--precursor lesions of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
SRCC is a histological type in which more than 50% of the isolated tumor cells contain intracellular mucin (2).
Coexistence of gastric multiple neuroendocrine tumors with unusual morphological features and gastric signet-ring cell carcinoma
Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the prostate is a rare subtype of prostate cancer characterized by large pools of extracellular mucins, which by definition comprise at least 25% of the tumor volume.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features of Prostate Mucinous Adenocarcinoma/Prostat Musinoz Adenokanserinin Manyetik Rezonans Goruntuleme Bulgulari
Role of intestinal mucins in innate host defense mechanisms against pathogens.
TIME OF APPEARANCE OF GOBLET CELLS IN HUMAN SMALL INTESTINE
Mucin is the main component of the protective mucosal layer, which protects the intestinal epithelium and prevents damage and infections by pathogenic bacteria.
Intra-Amnionic Threonine Administered to Chicken Embryos Reduces Salmonella Enteritidis Cecal Counts and Improves Posthatch Intestinal Development
Swanson, "Mucins in cancer: protection and control of the cell surface," Nature Reviews Cancer, vol.
Prognostic Value of MUC2 Expression in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Mucins are highly molecular heavily glycosylated transmembrane proteins classified as secretory or membranebound.
Mucin-1 Gene Mutation and the Kidney: The Link between Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease and Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
viscoelasticity of mucins. Mucins are multimillion-dalton glycoproteins present in respiratory mucus that are produced by goblet cells in the surface epithelium as well as mucous cells in the submucosal gland.
Verticine, ebeiedine and suchengbeisine isolated from the bulbs of Fritillaria thunbergii Miq. inhibited the gene expression and production of MUC5AC mucin from human airway epithelial cells
• O-Glycosylation analysis of biological samples such as mucins.
Update on Glycomics - Achieve Safe, Easy, and Accurate O-Glycan Analysis with BlotGlyco[R] O-Glycan Sample Preparation Kit
"Effects of diet's physical form (grinding intensity; meal/pellets) on morphological and histological parameters (eg ratio of neutral to acid mucins) of the gastrointestinal tract in weaned piglets.
La adicion de cepas probioticas modula la secrecion de mucinas intestinales en ileon de cerdos en crecimiento
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