Journal article
MUC1/episialin: a critical barrier in the female reproductive tract
Abstract
The female reproductive tract must resist microbial infections as well as support embryonic development, implantation and placentation. Reproductive tract mucins, in general, and Muc1/episialin, in particular, play key roles in implantation related events and in protection from microbial infection. High levels of mucin expression in the lower reproductive tract presumably affords protection against infection while down-regulation of uterine …
Authors
DeSouza MM; Surveyor GA; Price RE; Julian J; Kardon R; Zhou X; Gendler S; Hilkens J; Carson DD
Journal
Journal of Reproductive Immunology, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 127–158
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2000
DOI
10.1016/s0165-0378(99)00046-7
ISSN
0165-0378