Molecular organization of the mucins and glycocalyx underlying mucus transport over mucosal surfaces of the airways

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 379-392

  Kesimer, M ^a   Ehre, C ^a   Burns, K A ^a   Davis, C W ^a,b   Sheehan, J K ^a   Pickles, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; KERATAN SULFATE; MUCIN; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 16; MUCIN 20; MUCIN 4; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLYCOCALYX; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MICROVILLUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCOCILIARY TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEOMICS; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE PREPARATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 84874102944     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: 19353456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2012.81     Document Type: Article

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