Sentences with phrase «mucin which»

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

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

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

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.

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.

«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.

Super-enhancers are regions of DNA that decide which genes become active, and by using chemical inhibitors to block those super-enhancers responsible for the hyperactivity of T helper cells, the researchers were able to prevent the overproduction of IL - 9, and therefore also of mucin.

A personal favorite is, Role of endogenous microbiota, probiotics and their biological products in human health, which has a TON of probiotic human health technical ramifications including mucin layer expression, TJs, immunity... Many of the probiotics discussed are in fermented vegetables; recall yogurt, even SCD yogurt, has a limited number of strains, perhaps only three.

In addition, the host itself produces substrates such as glycoproteins (e.g., mucins) which contribute to the available amino acids within the colon [39].»

Snail mucin is hailed as an excellent healing and repairing agent, which benefits all skin types especially sensitive or acne - prone.

Other common masses are lipomas or fatty growths and «mucinomas» or localized accumulations of mucin in the skin which can appear as tumors.

Stage1: Plaque sticks to teeth which contains bacteria, mucin and sloughed epithelial cells.

Remember, many Shar - Pei have mucin accumulation around the hocks (often called «socks») which is not FSF.