Professor Gunnar Hansson seminar

Date
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 2:30 pm
Event sponsor
Mass Spectrometry Facility
Location
Byers Auditorium

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600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158

scientific diagram

The MUC2 mucin build up two mucus layers in colon. A. Domain structure of the MUC2 mucin. B. Assembled MUC2 showing. C. MUC2 stained green in colon. C1. Attached MUC2 to cells. C2. Firm stratified inner MUC2 layer. C3. Outer loose MUC2 layer. D. Composite of MUC2 (green) and bacteria (red). E. Bacteria not found in the inner firm mucus layer, only in the outer mucus layer.

Professor Gunnar Hansson from University of Gothenburg will present “Molecular Understanding of Mucin Biochemistry can Explain the Pathogenic Mechanisms of Ulcerative Colitis and Cystic Fibrosis.”

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Molecular Understanding of Mucin Biochemistry can Explain the Pathogenic Mechanisms of Ulcerative Colitis and Cystic Fibrosis
Professor Hansson's lab website