MUCIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mucin mean? 

• MUCIN (noun)
  The noun MUCIN has 1 sense:

1. a nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions; a lubricant that protects body surfaces

  Familiarity information: MUCIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUCIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions; a lubricant that protects body surfaces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mucin" is a kind of...):

glycoprotein (a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component)

Holonyms ("mucin" is a substance of...):

mucous secretion; mucus (protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium)

Derivation:

mucinous (relating to or containing mucin)

 Context examples 

An optimized small peptide drug candidate targeting epithelial mucin (MUC1) with antineoplastic activity.

(MUC1-targeted Peptide GO-203-2C, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic and histochemical finding indicating depletion of mucin in the glands.

(Mucin Depletion, NCI Thesaurus)

Tandem repeats characterize the core mucin protein, apomucin; variation of the protein derives from variation in the number of expressed repeats.

(Mucin Peptide MUC-1, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes mucin-1 protein, plays a role in both cellular defense by binding pathogens and in cell signaling.

(MUC1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine comprised of a synthetic peptide derived from the mucin 1 (MUC1) antigen with potential antineoplastic activity.

(MUC-1 Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of small cells in the crypts that do not contain mucin.

(Colorectal Mucin Poor Hyperplastic Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

A murine and humanized monoclonal antibody that targets epitopes of epithelial glycoprotein mucin (MUC-1) on breast cancer surfaces.

(Monoclonal Antibody BrE-3, NCI Thesaurus)

A usually aggressive morphologic variant of acinar adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland characterized by the presence of lakes of extracellular mucin.

(Acinar Prostate Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Mucin-1 (1255 aa, ~122 kDa) is encoded by the human MUC1 gene.

(Mucin-1, NCI Thesaurus)

Containing or resembling mucin, the main compound in mucus.

(Mucinous, NCI Dictionary)