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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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Autores principales: Dhar, Poshmaal, McAuley, Julie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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