Sentence examples for mucus layer was from inspiring English sources

Second, an "external" mucus layer was prepared by a film method and deposited onto an oral cell line (TR 146), cultured on transwells®.

Deposition of thick mucus layer was found in the buccal cavity and gills of exposed fish probably to minimize the irritating effects of toxicant coming in close contact with body.

At time 45 min the loose mucus layer was removed by suction and the thickness of the firmly adherent mucus layer was measured.

In fact, this is supported by the immunohistochemistry pictures showing that the typical stratified lamellar appearance of the inner mucus layer was lost after DSS exposure.

The prepared animal was allowed a stabilization period of 1 h and then the thickness of the secreted mucus layer was measured.

The inner mucus layer was also shown to be less well organized as the stratified lamellar organization was lost at 12 h.

The composition of the mucus layer is complex and variable in time.

The viscoelastic behavior of the mucus layer is principally due to long-chain polymers known as mucins.

The rapid diffusion of nanoparticles (NPs) through mucus layer is critical for efficient transportation of NPs-loaded drug delivery system.

The advantages of this model are that there is a relatively large surface area available for absorption and that a mucus layer is present.

The interaction between cationic amino groups on chitosan and anionic moieties such as sialic and sulfonic acids on the mucus layer is responsible for its mucoadhesiveness [16].