.... adherent mucus gel gastric mucosa mucin mucus thickness Correspondence : Dr Nicola Jordan. 10 2 1998 23 2 1998 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society © 1998 1998 97Clinical Science (1998) 95, 97 106 (Printed in Great Britain) A novel method...

... that is characteristic of monosaccharide type and linkage and which can be correlated with magnetic resonance spectroscopic data on fine-needle tissue aspirates. 3. Also of relevance is the new understanding of the molecular biology of MUC genes, which code for mucin protein backbones, and of the glycosyltransferase...

... proposed as a possible mechanism for the protective effect of smoking on ulcerative colitis. We have therefore compared the effects of corticosteroids including carbenoxolone, and nicotine on mucin synthesis, assessed by incorporation of N -[ 3 H]acetylglucosamine into mucin by colonic epithelial biopsies...

...A. H. Raouf; H. H. Tsai; N. Parker; J. Hoffman; R. J. Walker; Jonathan M. Rhodes 1. Normal colonic mucin is heavily sulphated and this increases its resistance to degradation by bacterial enzymes. Any defect in mucus sulphation could therefore be important in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis...

...G. Mingrone; A. V. Greco; E. Arcieri Mastromattei 1. Mucin, a high-molecular-weight glycoprotein secreted by the gall-bladder and biliary duct epithelium, is a well-known nucleation-prompting factor in experimental and human gall-stone disease. 2. Free fatty acids when incubated in vitro (micellar...

...Anthony P. Corfield; Andrew J. K. Williams; John R. Clamp; Susan A. Wagner; Richard A. Mountford 1. The activities of enzymes degrading human colonic mucin were examined in faecal specimens from healthy subjects and patients with inflammatory bowel disease. 2. The activity of sialidase was measured...

... material the bulk of the units were smaller than this. © 1981 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society 1981 16 2 1981 12 3 1981 colon Crohn's disease glycopolypeptide glycoprotein mucin mucus oligosaccharide unit ulcerative colitis Clinical Science (1981...