Mucin Thin Layers: A Model for Mucus-Covered Tissues
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Mucin in Bulk: Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)
2.2. Mucin Thin Films
2.2.1. Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation (QCM-D)
2.2.2. Neutron Reflectivity (NR)
2.3. Mucus-Covered Epithelium Model by Neutron Reflection
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. d,l-ARGO7
3.2. Membrane Deposition by Vesicles Fusion
3.3. Small Angle X-rays Scattering (SAXS)
3.4. Quartz Crystal Microbalance With Dissipation (QCM-D)
3.5. Neutron Reflectivity
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Rondelli, V.; Di Cola, E.; Koutsioubas, A.; Alongi, J.; Ferruti, P.; Ranucci, E.; Brocca, P. Mucin Thin Layers: A Model for Mucus-Covered Tissues. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 3712. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20153712
Rondelli V, Di Cola E, Koutsioubas A, Alongi J, Ferruti P, Ranucci E, Brocca P. Mucin Thin Layers: A Model for Mucus-Covered Tissues. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2019; 20(15):3712. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20153712
Chicago/Turabian StyleRondelli, Valeria, Emanuela Di Cola, Alexandros Koutsioubas, Jenny Alongi, Paolo Ferruti, Elisabetta Ranucci, and Paola Brocca. 2019. "Mucin Thin Layers: A Model for Mucus-Covered Tissues" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, no. 15: 3712. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20153712