Sentences with phrase «mucin production»

If, for whatever reason, mucin production were halted for lack of glucose, we would have no tears, no saliva and no gastrointestinal or airway mucus.

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.

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

[3] I have been unable to find detailed measurements of daily mucin production, but if mucin constitutes 1.5 % of the 400 g daily stool weight, then it consumes 5 gm of glucose per day.

A third factor to consider is that the gut, due to its mucin production, immune activity, and rapid turnover in cells and extracellular matrix, is a major consumer of glucose.

There indeed seem to be relation between carbohydrates and mucin production [9], but we don't know much about it and what mucus type is normal, OK or not.

Not exact matches

Mucin, the major component of mucus, plays an important role in the clearance of bacterial pathogens, but uncontrolled, excessive mucus production can lead to conductive hearing loss and decreased bacterial clearance.

It is hypothesized that the novel mucins are part of a sugar - rich TM coating known as the glycocalyx, and that their altered production in response to steroids could lead to OH.

Production of glycoproteins such as mucin is a much more sensitive indicator of whole - body glucose status.

MegaSporeBiotic has also been shown to help heal the intestinal barrier by up - regulating mucin 2 production.

Akkermansia is thought to help prevent metabolic diseases like diabetes by aiding mucin turnover and production, causing thickening of the gut wall.