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Direct interaction between Rab3D and the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor and trafficking through regulated secretory vesicles in lacrimal gland acinar cells.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology - 1 Mar 2008
Evans Eunbyul, Zhang Wenzheng, Jerdeva Galina, Chen Chiao-Yu, Chen Xuequn, Hamm-Alvarez Sarah F, Okamoto Curtis T
Abstract excerpt
The lacrimal gland is responsible for tear production, and a major protein found in tears is secretory component (SC), the proteolytically cleaved fragment of the extracellular domain of the polymeric Ig receptor (pIgR), which is the receptor mediating the basal-to-apical transcytosis of polymeric immunoglobulins across epithelial cells. Immunofluorescent labeling of rabbit lacrimal gland acinar cells (LGACs)...
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