Mucus and mucosa.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Conference Name:

Symposium on Mucus and Mucosa (1984 : Ciba Foundation)

Series:

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 109.

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 109

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mucous membrane--Congresses.

Mucous membrane.

Mucus--Congresses.

Mucus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pitman ; Newark, N.J., USA : Distributed in North America by Ciba Pharmaceutical Co., 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

Contents:

Mucus and mucosa; Contents; Introduction; Regulation of secretion from serous and mucous cells in the trachea; Discussion; Regulation of intestinal goblet cells in situ, in mucosal explants and in the isolated epithelium; Discussion; Airway mucus: composition and regulation of its secretion by neuropeptides in vitro; Discussion; Acute and chronic models for hypersecretion of intestinal mucin; Discussion; Proteinases release mucin from airways goblet cells; Discussion; General Discussion Regulation of mucus secretion; Some characteristics of duodenal epithelium; Discussion

Fluid transport across airway epitheliaDiscussion; Some non-mucin components of mucus and their possible biological roles; Discussion; Mucus glycoprotein structure, gel formation and gastrointestinal mucus function; Discussion; Macromolecular properties and polymeric structure of mucus glycoproteins; Discussion; Effects of the anti-oestrogens, clomiphene and tamoxifen, on the cervical factor in female infertility; Terminal glycosylation in human cervical mucin; Discussion of the two preceding papers; Comparative studies of mucus and mucin physicochemistry; Discussion

Hydration kinetics of exocytosed mucins in cultured secretory cells of the rabbit trachea: a new modelDiscussion; Final general discussion Mucus swelling, secretion and effects on cilia; Epithelial preparations; Closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613694553

9780212797837

0212797832

9781280784163

1280784164

9780470720905

0470720905

9780470718605

0470718609

OCLC:

797918526