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Mucin granule-associated proteins in human bronchial epithelial cells: the airway goblet cell "granulome"

BACKGROUND: Excess mucus in the airways leads to obstruction in diseases such as chronic bronchitis, asthma, and cystic fibrosis. Mucins, the highly glycosolated protein components of mucus, are stored in membrane-bound granules housed in the cytoplasm of airway epithelial "goblet" cells u...

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Autores principales: Raiford, Kimberly L, Park, Joungjoa, Lin, Ko-Wei, Fang, Shijing, Crews, Anne L, Adler, Kenneth B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21896166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-12-118