Effective treatment of many debilitating diseases without side effects could occur by delivering drugs more efficiently to underlying mucosal layers in a controlled manner. Impact of Mucosal ...

The mucosal layer in the small intestine degrades with age in rats, allowing digestive enzymes to slowly escape and leak into ...

The mucus layer in the large intestine consists of two stratified layers, composed mainly of the secreted mucin Muc2, which is heavily 0-glycosylated with complex oligosaccharides 6, a ...

Mucins, a family of glycoproteins found in the gut's protective mucosal layer, serve as its primary nutrient source. The glycan chains attached to mucins, known as O-glycans, make up 80% of their ...

The researchers set out to investigate the effects of multiple mRNA vaccines on mucosal immunity, referring to mucous membranes such as the ones on the inside of our noses. Specifically ...

Gastrointestinal mucus generally exists as two layers, a basal 'unstirred' or 'firmly adherent' layer and a luminal 'stirred' or 'sloppy' layer [74–76] ; however, most of the cited references ...