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The Role of the Cell Surface Mucin MUC1 as a Barrier to Infection and Regulator of Inflammation
The family of cell surface (cs-) mucins are constitutively expressed at the cell surface by nearly all epithelial cells, beneath the gel-mucin layer. All cs-mucin family members have structural features that enable them to act as a releasable decoy barrier to mucosal pathogens, by providing ligands...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6491460/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31069176 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00117 |