Proceedings of the Symposium on Mucus and Mucosa, held at Ciba Foundation, London, Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 1984.
Editors: Jonathan Nugent and Maeve O'Connor.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Regulation of secretion from serous and mucous cells in the trachea / C.B. Basbaum -- Regulation of intestinal goblet cells in situ, in mucosal explants and in the isolated epithelium / Marian R. Neutra, Teresa L. Phillips, Thomas E. Phillips -- Airway mucus : composition and regulation of its secretion by neuropeptides in vitro / Stephen J. Coles, K.R. Bhaskar, Donna Defeudis O'Sullivan, Kenneth H. Neill, Lynne M. Reid -- Acute and chronic models for hypersecretion of intestinal mucin / J. Forstner, N. Roomi, R. Fahim, G. Gall, M. Perdue, G. Forstner -- Proteinases release mucin from airways goblet cells / Thomas F. Boat, Pi Wan Cheng, Jeffrey D. Klinger, Carole M. Liedtketi, Bernard Tandler -- Some characteristics of duodenal etithelium / Gunnar Flemström, Andrew Garner -- Fluid transport across airway epithelia / J.H. Widdicombe -- Some non-mucin components of mucus and their possible biological roles / John R. Clamp, J. Michael Creeth -- Mucus glycoprotein structure, gel formation and gastrointestinal mucus function / Adrian Allen, David A. Hutton, Jeffrey P. Pearson, Lynda A. Sellers -- Macromolecular properties and polymeric structure of mucus glycoproteins / Ingemar Carlstedt, John K. Sheehan -- Effects of the anti-oestrogens, clomiphene and tamoxifen, on the cervical factor in female infertility / Max Elstein, Gillian M. Fawcett -- Terminal glycosylation in human cervical mucin / E.N. Chantler, P.R. Scudder -- Comparative studies of mucus and mucin physicochemistry / Mitchell Litt -- Hydration kinetics of exocytosed mucins in cultured secretory cells of the rabbit trachea : a new model / Pedro Verdugo