MUC5B secretion is up-regulated in sinusitis compared with controls

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 554-557

  Viswanathan, Harishnath ^a   Brownlee, Iain A ^b   Pearson, Jeffrey P ^b   Carrie, Sean ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; STOMACH MUCIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; NOSE MUCUS; NOSE SURGERY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN SECRETION; RHINOSINUSITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPREGULATION; VISCOSITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUCIN-5B; MUCINS; NASAL MUCOSA; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SINUSITIS; UP-REGULATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33750071390     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2006.20.2935     Document Type: Article

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