Mucins (/ˈmjuːsɪn/) are a family of high molecular weight, heavily glycosylated proteins (glycoconjugates) produced by epithelial tissues in most animals...

Mucin-16 (MUC-16) also known as Ovarian cancer-related tumor marker CA125 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC16 gene. MUC-16 is a member...

immunoglobulins (especially IgA), and glycoproteins such as lactoferrin and mucins, which are produced by goblet cells in the mucous membranes and submucosal...

Mučín (Hungarian: Mucsény) is a village and municipality in the Lučenec District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. Media related to Mučín at Wikimedia...

Mucin-1 (MUC-1) is a heterodimer transmembrane protein of the mucin family encoded in humans by the MUC1 gene. It is cleaved into two chains: mucin-1...

Mucin-5AC (MUC-5AC) is a protein that is encoded by the MUC5AC gene in humans. MUC-5AC is a large gel-forming glycoprotein. In the respiratory tract,...

a member of the mucin protein family. The protein encoded by this gene, also called mucin 2, is secreted onto mucosal surfaces. Mucin 2 is particularly...

epithelial cells that secrete gel-forming mucins, like mucin 2 in the lower gastrointestinal tract, and mucin 5AC in the respiratory tract. The goblet...

mucin-rich type and goblet cell-rich type. A mucin-poor type with eosinophilic cytoplasm, which is rare, was previously described. However, the mucin...

Mucin-4 (MUC-4) is a mucin protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC4 gene. Like other mucins, MUC-4 is a high-molecular weight glycoprotein. The major...

muciniphila is a human intestinal symbiont, isolated from human feces. It is a mucin-degrading bacterium belonging to the genus Akkermansia, discovered in 2004...

Mucin-5B (MUC-5B) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC5B gene and by the Muc5b gene in the mouse. It is one of the five gel-forming mucins...

Bovine submaxillary mucin (BSM) coatings are a surface treatment provided to biomaterials intended to reduce the growth of disadvantageous bacteria and...

Mucin 3A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC3A gene. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000169894 – Ensembl, May 2017 GRCm38: Ensembl release...

Mucin 6, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming, also known as MUC6, is a human gene encoding a protein of the same name. MUC6, along with MUC2, MUC5AC, and MUC5B...

essential nutrients that help maintain mucous membranes. Alkaline mucus Mucin Mucociliary clearance Mucocutaneous boundary Mucosal immunology Mucosal-associated...

mucin; Neo-Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective muciniphila, mucin-loving)...

cellulose Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose Mucin is a glycoprotein prevalent in natural saliva, and lab-made mucin can closely replicate the characteristics...

Mucin short variant S1, also called polymorphic epithelial mucin (PEM) or epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), is a mucin encoded by the MUC1 gene in humans...

Mucin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC7 gene. In animals, the MUC7 gene is found in most placental mammals, but not marsupials. Humans...

an abnormal and excessive growth of tissue (neoplasia) with associated mucin (a fluid that sometimes resembles thyroid colloid). It arises from epithelial...

panbronchiolitis. Fudosteine works by increasing mucin secretion by inhibiting expression of the protein mucin 5AC. Rhee CK, Kang CM, You MB, Yoon HK, Kim...

Ranulae present as a swelling of connective tissue consisting of collected mucin from a ruptured salivary gland caused by local trauma. If small and asymptomatic...

Mucin-17 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC17 gene. Membrane mucins, such as MUC17, function in epithelial cells to provide cytoprotection...

unclear, though they may be of endodermal origin, which would explain the mucin-producing, ciliated cell type. These cysts can be surgically resected, and...

other pests. The mucin is an approximately four-percent aqueous solution of an acidic polysaccharide, with a pH of around 4. The mucin secretions of Drosera...

rings. They contain a large amount of mucin, which pushes the nucleus to the cell periphery. The pool of mucin in a signet ring cell mimics the appearance...

many hydrogen bonds with the GAG-mucin. Positively charged molecules typically make far better mucoadhesive as the mucin layer is negatively charged. By...

pathology where it can identify mucin. This is helpful, for example, in determining if the cancer is a type that produces mucin. Example would be to distinguish...

which secrete mucin to form mucus. The rest of the cell is made up of cytoplasm with membrane bound secretory granules which secrete the mucin, and are found...