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Aberrant mucin assembly in mice causes endoplasmic reticulum stress and spontaneous inflammation resembling ulcerative colitis.
PLoS medicine - 4 Mar 2008
Heazlewood Chad K, Cook Matthew C, Eri Rajaraman, Price Gareth R, Tauro Sharyn B, Taupin Douglas, Thornton David J, Png Chin Wen, Crockford Tanya L, Cornall Richard J, Adams Rachel, Kato Masato, Nelms Keats A, Hong Nancy A, Florin Timothy H J, Goodnow Christopher C, McGuckin Michael A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: MUC2 mucin produced by intestinal goblet cells is the major component of the intestinal mucus barrier. The inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis is characterized by depleted goblet cells and a reduced mucus layer, but the aetiology remains obscure. In this study we used random...
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