Cell and Molecular Biology of Human Lacrimal Gland and Nasolacrimal Duct Mucins

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 249, Issue , 2006, Pages 229-279

  Paulsen, Friedrich ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Lacrimal gland; MUC; Mucin; Nasolacrimal ducts; Tear film; Tear outflow

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CORE PROTEIN; MUCIN; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 16; MUCIN 4; MUCIN 5B; MUCIN 7; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINAR CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; DACRYOSTENOSIS; DRY EYE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW KINETICS; GOBLET CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL CONCRETION; LACRIMAL DUCT; LACRIMAL GLAND; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LACRIMAL SAC; LUBRICATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SECRETORY CELL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TANDEM REPEAT; TEAR FILM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MUCINS; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT;

EID: 33746868345     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(06)49005-7     Document Type: Review

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