Mucin Deficiency Causes Functional and Structural Changes of the Ocular Surface

MUC5AC is the most abundant gel-forming mucin in the ocular system. However, the specific function is unknown. In the present study, a Muc5ac knockout (KO) mouse model was subject to various physiological measurements as compared to its wide-type (WT) control. Interestingly, when KO mice were compar...

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Autores principales: Floyd, Anne M., Zhou, Xu, Evans, Christopher, Rompala, Olivia J., Zhu, Lingxiang, Wang, Mingwu, Chen, Yin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3525643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23272068
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050704

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3525643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23272068
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050704

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