title: Expression of mucins on the mucosal surface of lungs of 4-week-old pigs.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the immunoreactivity of normal small bronchial, bronchiolar, respiratory bronchiolar, and interalveolar epithelium using antibodies to six mucins: MUC1, MUC2, MUC4, MUC5AC, MUC5B, and MUC6. The large, gel-forming secreted mucins MUC2, MUC5AC, and MUC5B were widely expressed in the lower respiratory tract. The results of this study demonstrate that these secreted mucins form a gel to cover and protect the mucosal surface in the lower respiratory tract of pigs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-Gu, 151-742, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chung Hyun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kichan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kiwon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yeonsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Duyeol
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hwi Won
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Changhoon
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Mi-Kyoung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Sung-Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyung-Dong
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Bog-Hieu
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chanhee
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chae
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D001980:Bronchi / Q000378:metabolism*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D009077:Mucins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000378:metabolism*; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009077:Mucins