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Record Nr.

UNISA996202091403316

Titolo

Mucus and mucosa [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pitman

Newark, N.J., USA, : Distributed in North America by Ciba Pharmaceutical Co., 1984

ISBN

0-212-79783-2

1-280-78416-4

9786613694553

0-470-72090-5

0-470-71860-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 109

Disciplina

611/.0187

Soggetti

Mucous membrane

Mucus

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Mucus and mucosa; Contents; Introduction; Regulation of secretion from serous and mucous cells in the trachea; Discussion; Regulation of intestinal goblet cells in situ, in mucosal explants and in the isolated epithelium; Discussion; Airway mucus: composition and regulation of its secretion by neuropeptides in vitro; Discussion; Acute and chronic models for hypersecretion of intestinal mucin; Discussion; Proteinases release mucin from airways goblet cells; Discussion; General Discussion Regulation of mucus secretion; Some characteristics of duodenal epithelium; Discussion

Fluid transport across airway epitheliaDiscussion; Some non-mucin components of mucus and their possible biological roles; Discussion; Mucus glycoprotein structure, gel formation and gastrointestinal mucus function; Discussion; Macromolecular properties and polymeric structure of mucus glycoproteins; Discussion; Effects of the anti-oestrogens, clomiphene and tamoxifen, on the cervical factor in female infertility; Terminal glycosylation in human cervical mucin; Discussion of the two preceding papers; Comparative studies of mucus and mucin



physicochemistry; Discussion

Hydration kinetics of exocytosed mucins in cultured secretory cells of the rabbit trachea: a new modelDiscussion; Final general discussion Mucus swelling, secretion and effects on cilia; Epithelial preparations; Closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index