Upper airway mucin gene expression: A review

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 932-938

  Ali, Mahmoud S ^a   Pearson, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Cystic fibrosis; Mucin; Mucin gene; Nose; Otitis media with effusion; Polyps; Sinus

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B;

CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MEDLINE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MUCOCILIARY TRANSPORT; MUCUS; MUCUS SECRETION; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MUCINS; NASAL MUCOSA; PARANASAL SINUSES;

EID: 34247857515     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3180383651     Document Type: Review

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