A crucial role of Flagellin in the induction of airway mucus production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen involved in nosocomial infections. Flagellin is a P. aeruginosa virulence factor involved in host response to this pathogen. We examined the role of flagellin in P.
Fatima Ben Mohamed +6 more
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Perspectives on mucus secretion in reef corals
, 2005 The coral surface mucus layer provides a vital interface between the coral epithelium and the seawater environment and mucus acts in defence against a wide range of environmental stresses, in ciliary-mucus feeding and in sediment cleansing, amongst other
Brown BE, Bythell JC
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Ductal Mucus Obstruction and Reduced Fluid Secretion Are Early Defects in Chronic Pancreatitis
Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 Objective: Defective mucus production in the pancreas may be an important factor in the initiation and progression of chronic pancreatitis (CP), therefore we aimed to (i) investigate the qualitative and quantitative changes of mucus both in human CP and ...
Anita Balázs +20 more
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Hydrogel-actuated Soft Sucker with Mucus Secretion
, 2023 Data for publication: Hydrogel-actuated Soft Sucker with Mucus Secretion, Tianqi Yue, Alex Keller, Daniel Gosden, Hermes Bloomfield-Gadelha and Jonathan Rossiter, Proc.
Rossiter, Jonathan
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Colonic mucus structure and processing [PDF]
, 2018 The mucus layer covering the colonic epithelium creates a crucial first line of defense against the gut residing bacteria. Several lines of evidence suggest that a functional mucus layer is essential for health. For example, it is.
Nyström, Elisabeth
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The isolation, purification, tissue localization and identification of a glycoprotein found in the crude mucus gel of patients with carcinoma of the stomach [PDF]
, 2008 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-138).The thin layer of crude mucus lining the human gastric mucosa protects the delicate gastric epithelium from the high shear forces associated with digestion. Gastric mucus is composed largely of water (>
Nthato, Chirwa
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Entamoeba histolytica Cysteine Proteinase 5 Evokes Mucin Exocytosis from Colonic Goblet Cells via αvβ3 Integrin. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2016 Critical to the pathogenesis of intestinal amebiasis, Entamoeba histolytica (Eh) induces mucus hypersecretion and degrades the colonic mucus layer at the site of invasion.
Steve Cornick +2 more
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Mediators of Inflammation, 2016 Mucus secretion is often uncontrolled in many airway inflammatory diseases of humans. Identifying the regulatory pathway(s) of mucus gene expression, mucus overproduction, and hypersecretion is important to alleviate airway inflammation in these diseases.
Jee-Yeong Jeong +8 more
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De Novo Assembly of Mud Loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) Skin Transcriptome to Identify Putative Genes Involved in Immunity and Epidermal Mucus Secretion [PDF]
, 2013 Fish skin serves as the first line of defense against a wide variety of chemical, physical and biological stressors. Secretion of mucus is among the most prominent characteristics of fish skin and numerous innate immune factors have been identified in ...
Long, Yong +6 more
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Excess Secretion of Gel-Forming Mucins and Associated Innate Defense Proteins with Defective Mucin Un-Packaging Underpin Gallbladder Mucocele Formation in Dogs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Mucosal protection of the gallbladder is vital yet we know very little about the mechanisms involved. In domestic dogs, an emergent syndrome referred to as gallbladder mucocele formation is characterized by excessive secretion of abnormal mucus that ...
Mehmet Kesimer +6 more
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