Sentences with word «mucin»

The nature of sialic acid in mucins also vary in different species, providing more evidence for how species - specific microbiota interactions occur.

Don't worry — the 96 percent snail mucin in this essence isn't the same slime you'd get from a sidewalk snail; it's a processed, cosmetically elegant version that's collected from edible snails.

These modules recognise a specific sugar molecule, sialic acid, which caps the end of mucin glycan chains.

They know that too much of a protein called mucin causes the lungs» airways to close, triggering an asthma attack, but until now, the mechanism behind this was unknown.

The microorganism can feed on mucins that are secreted by the epithelial cells).

Nutrients that can increase mucin production include threonine, serine, protein, and cysteine.

There's good reason to suspect that at least some of the Optimal Dieters developed mucin deficiencies as a result of the body's effort to conserve glucose and protein.

Skincare brands are now embracing snail mucin as a key ingredient in increasing skin vitality and enhancing our natural glow.

Dr Nathalie Juge from the Quadram Institute leads a team of researchers investigating how mucin glycans might influence the gut microbiota.

Oliver Lieleg's team was able to prove that the lenses caused no tissue damage when they were coated with mucins.

A team of researchers, headed by Professor Oliver Lieleg at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has now found a way to repair defective mucins.

Behavior of the two novel mucins will be examined in cultured TM cells and in the TM of intact eyes using recombinant DNA, biochemical, and imaging techniques in order to provide clues to function.

Since gut flora can break down and metabolize mucin sugars, this may be an underestimate.

Thus, a group of scientists led by Prof. Oliver Lieleg, professor for Biomechanics and head of the «Biopolymers and Bio-Interfaces» lab at the Munich School of BioEngineering, had the idea to apply the missing mucin directly to the contact lens.

Sugar - containing proteins (or glycoproteins) called mucins give mucus its gelatinous consistency.

In collaboration with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Johnson & Johnson, the TUM team showed that if mucins lose these sugar molecules, they can no longer bind a sufficient amount of water, which causes them to lose their lubricative potential.

Therefore, the team optimized a method for isolating the necessary mucin MUC5AC from the stomachs of pigs.

Scientists understand that too much of a protein called mucin causes the lungs» airways to close, triggering an asthma attack.

This superhero repairing and hydrating cream contains 70 % snail mucin extract as its star ingredient which supports natural cell regeneration and replenishes moisture to increase firmness in skin.

In a recent study published in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces, the researchers show how mucins — the components that give mucus its structure — can lose their lubricative ability.

Aptamers targeted mucin - 1 (MUC1), a glycosylated surface protein overexpressed on many cancers, including MCF7 breast cancer cells, and only minimally expressed in MCF - 10A non-cancerous cells.

A new study, based on 96 Japanese office workers, found that staring at a screen for eight hours or more is associated with lower mucin levels.

Certain molecules that help to produce mucin remained roughly equal among test subjects with and without dry eye, regardless of their eyestrain status.

These range from those that are very similar to the acid - secreting glands of the stomach to those that look like intestinal crypts — indeed intestinalisation (defined by the presence of mucin secreting goblet cells), is diagnostic for Barrett's in some countries.

The 13 products boast naturally - derived, high - function ingredients like snail mucin which replenishes moisture and supports cell regeneration, hydrating hyaluronic acid and more.

Wrinkles are possible to this extent because of a mutation creating excessive mucin in the skin tissues.

The chemical structure of this pig mucin is very similar to the human molecule.

Some micronutrients are required for mucin production — notably vitamin D. [7, 8] Poland is fairly far north, and many of the Optimal Dieters could have been low in vitamin D.

Our tears contain such mucins, which also occur in the mucous layer protecting the stomach and intestines.

Periodontal disease begins when plaque, an adhesive fluid of bacteria and mucin cells, form on the surface of the tooth.

These patients include dogs with nodular pododemodicosis and Shar - Peis with excessive mucin within the dermis.

Human milk mucin inhibits rotavirus replication and prevents experimental gastroenteritis.

The mucus layers secreted by the body to line the gut show a gradient of sialic - acid - capped mucins, with the concentration rising further along the human gastrointestinal tract.

In this study, the researchers chose the phage and the bacterium, but it's possible that the animal host selects specific phages to control specific types of bacteria, such as by outfitting mucins with particular sugars that those phages recognize.

Before it is ready for application in humans, the pig stomach mucin will undergo further testing in the lab.

A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now succeeded in demonstrating that contact lenses coated with purified porcine gastric mucin do not cause damage to the eye anymore.

In the same article, they also describe how they were able to develop a repair mechanism for impaired mucins.

But the tears of people with dry eye have less of a protein called mucin 5AC, which normally helps to keep tears sticky and spread evenly across the eye.

These commercial mucins are therefore not suitable for treating dry eyes,» Lieleg explains.

Although larger studies need to be done, the findings confirm mucin as a possible target for future diagnosis and treatments of dry eye disease.

Mucins comprise a protein backbone onto which sugar molecules are attached.

«The cells with 2,3 - sialic acid receptors have been associated with the bronchial mucins,» Tumpey told New Scientist.

However, the researchers were able to successfully repair damaged mucins in the lab by replacing the lost sugars with synthetic molecules.

«Most of the commercially available mucins, which are already used e.g. for the treatment of oral dryness, have lost exactly this ability; we were able to demonstrate this in a series of experiments.

In experiments with porcine eyes they tested how their lab - isolated mucins affected the performance of contact lenses.

Kobuka S, Kremers GJ, Cobb JG, Baheza R, Xie JP, Kuley A, Zhu M, Pham W. Induction of Antitumor Immunity by Dendritic Cells Loaded with Membrane Translocating MUCIN - 1 Peptide Antigen.

This, in turn, results in too much mucin being produced by the mucous membranes in the airways, restricting the flow of air and causing the shortness of breath felt during an asthma attack.