Heterogeneity of airways mucus: Variations in the amounts and glycoforms of the major oligomeric mucins MUC5AC and MUC5B

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 361, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 537-546

  Kirkham, Sara ^a   Sheehan, John K ^a   Knight, David ^a   Richardson, Paul S ^a   Thornton, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cystic fibrosis

Indexed keywords

CELL IMMOBILIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEINS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

RESPIRATORY MUCUS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; MUCIN; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ASTHMA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MUCINS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUCUS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPUTUM; UREA;

EID: 0036471129     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3610537     Document Type: Article

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