Sentences with phrase «novel mucins»

If confirmed, the findings will open a new line of research that could ultimately lead to significant innovation, as drugs that control amounts of the novel mucins could be a new treatment paradigm for glaucoma.

If confirmed, the findings will open a new line of research that could ultimately lead to significant innovation, as drugs that control amounts of the novel mucins or that target specific glycosylating enzymes could lead to a new treatment paradigm for glaucoma.

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.

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.