Sentences with phrase «source of mucin»

Tracing backward one step toward the source of mucin deficiency, the sugars in mucin are built from smaller pieces called O - glycans.

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These mucin glycan chains provide a source of nutrients as well as an attachment site for bacteria that have evolved to colonise the outer mucus layer.
As the rules / tenants of basic microbial ecology go, a reduction in fermentable substrates derived from carbohydrates means less energy sources for the microbes — who depend on host - derived substrates as well, as in the case of mucin - degraders like Akkermansia.
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