Localization of secretory mucins MUC5AC and MUC5B in normal/healthy human airways

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 715-727

  Okuda, Kenichi ^c   Chen, Gang ^c   Subramani, Durai B ^c   Wolf, Monroe ^c   Gilmore, Rodney C ^c   Kato, Takafumi ^c   Radicioni, Giorgia ^c   Kesimer, Mehmet ^c   Chua, Michael ^c   Dang, Hong ^c   Livraghi Butrico, Alessandra ^c   Ehre, Camille ^c   Doerschuk, Claire M ^c   Randell, Scott H ^c   Matsui, Hirotoshi ^a   Nagase, Takahide ^b   O’Neal, Wanda K ^c   Boucher, Richard C ^c  

^a TOKYO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Airway mucins; Club cells; Distal airways; MUC5AC; MUC5B

Indexed keywords

CLUB CELL SECRETORY PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLE; DROPLET DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SECRETORY CELL; TRACHEA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

HUMANS; LUNG; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN-5B; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 85060948442     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201804-0734OC     Document Type: Article

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