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...
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Mucins (/ˈmjuːsɪn/) are a family of high molecular weight, heavily glycosylated proteins (glycoconjugates) produced by epithelial tissues in most animals...
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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...
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epithelial cells that secrete gel-forming mucins, like mucin 2 in the lower gastrointestinal tract, and mucin 5AC in the respiratory tract. The goblet...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Bovine submaxillary mucin (BSM) coatings are a surface treatment provided to biomaterials intended to reduce the growth of disadvantageous bacteria and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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muciniphila is a human intestinal symbiont, isolated from human feces. It is a mucin-degrading bacterium belonging to the genus Akkermansia, discovered in 2004...
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mucin; Neo-Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective muciniphila, mucin-loving)...
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histidine, lysine and cysteine), 30.6 g carbohydrate (glycoprotein and mucin), 4.9 g iron, 2.5 g inorganic salt (including potassium, sodium, calcium,...
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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...
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immunoglobulins (especially IgA), and glycoproteins such as lactoferrin and mucins, which are produced by goblet cells in the mucous membranes and submucosal...
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Hyperplastic polyp (section Mucin-rich type)
mucin-rich type and goblet cell-rich type. A mucin-poor type with eosinophilic cytoplasm, which is rare, was previously described. However, the mucin...
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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...
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Artificial saliva (section Mucin)
cellulose Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose Mucin is a glycoprotein prevalent in natural saliva, and lab-made mucin can closely replicate the characteristics...
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and pre-emptive surgery.[medical citation needed] IPMNs are lined with mucin-secreting columnar epithelium. In most cases, IPMNs are diagnosed based...
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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...
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B-1,3-galactosyl-O-glycosyl-glycoprotein b-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (redirect from Uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine-mucin beta-(1-6)-acetylglucosaminyltransferase)
beta6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase, uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine-mucin beta-(1->6)-acetylglucosaminyltransferase, core 2 acetylglucosaminyltransferase...
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domain-containing protein 4 PABPC4L: encoding protein Poly(A) binding protein, cytoplasmic 4-like PARM1: Prostate androgen-regulated mucin-like protein 1 PHOX2B:...
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basement membrane proteins nidogen-1, nidogen-2, and alpha-tectorin; and mucin-4, which has been demonstrated to play a role in promoting pancreatic cancer...
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TIMD4 (section TIM-4 expression and function)
and mucin domain containing 4 (TIMD-4) also known as T-cell membrane protein 4 (TIM-4) is a protein in humans that is encoded by the TIMD4 gene. TIM-4 genes...
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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...
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(SRCC) is a rare form of highly malignant adenocarcinoma that produces mucin. It is an epithelial malignancy characterized by the histologic appearance...
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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...
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are two known forms of medullary cystic kidney disease, mucin-1 kidney disease 1 (MKD1) and mucin-2 kidney disease/uromodulin kidney disease (MKD2). A third...
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