Sentence examples for inner mucus from inspiring English sources

Defects in the inner mucus layer is a possible new etiological mechanism behind UC.

One possible explanation is that these animals have a very thin inner mucus layer [2].

Remarkably, the most fucosylated glycoforms enveloped the inner mucus blanket (Fig. 1B and Fig. 1C).

As we observed that the inner mucus layer on colon explants becomes permeable to 2 µm beads already after 15 min of DSS exposure, we asked if DSS could affect the inner mucus layer prior to inflammation in vivo.

These animals probably lack or have a defective inner mucus layer that is unable to protect the epithelium [29].

Loss of the barrier formed by the inner mucus layer triggers inflammation and development of colon cancer [2], [9], [10].

Immunofluorescence images showed an inner mucus blanket consisting of alternating layers consisting of Muc2 molecules with different fucosylation states.

The inflammation may be detrimental to the normal homeostatic mechanisms of colon and also affect the inner mucus layer.

Our observations suggest a new model for the pathogenesis of colitis where the bacterial protective properties of the inner mucus layer are in focus.

This suggests a direct relation between the DSS amounts in the colon mucus and bacterial penetration of the inner mucus layer.

At 24 h the inner mucus layer had almost disappeared and at 120 h it was totally dissolved and no normal mucus organization could be observed.