Tear film mucins: Front line defenders of the ocular surface; comparison with airway and gastrointestinal tract mucins

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-78

  Hodges, Robin R ^a   Dartt, Darlene A ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Cornea; Mucin; Proliferation; Secretion; Tears

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; MUCIN 6;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR SECRETION; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; TEAR FILM;

CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; MUCIN; PROLIFERATION; SECRETION; TEARS;

CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MUCINS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TEARS;

EID: 84888132116     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.07.027     Document Type: Review

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