MUC5AC is the predominant mucin gene expressed in healthy airways and is increased in asthmatic and COPD patients. Recent clinical trials indicate that phosphodiesterase type 4 (PDE4) inhibitors may ...

MUC5AC and TFF1 were present as expected in gastric foveolar cells but in addition, MUC2 core antigen, normally present only in the Golgi of intestinal goblet cells, was expressed in secretory ...

RESULTS Normal oesophagus expressed MUC5B in the submucosal glands and MUC1 and MUC4 in the stratified squamous epithelium. Barrett's oesophagus strongly expressed MUC5AC and MUC3 in the superficial ...

Downregulation of goblet cell-derived mucine (MUC5AC) with upregulation of MUC1, 2, 4 and 16 mRNA expression has been shown in atopic eyes with allergic shield corneal ulcers compared with eyes ...

Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the severity of lid wiper epitheliopathy ...

Heparan sulfate (HS) is a cell surface polysaccharide recently identified as a coreceptor with the ACE2 protein for the S1 spike protein on SARS-CoV-2 virus, providing a tractable new therapeutic ...