Structure and function of the polymeric mucins in airways mucus.

By D. Thornton, K. Rousseau, M. McGuckin. Annual Review of Physiology, 2008

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TFOS DEWS II Tear Film Report (2017, background): “These important glycan chains constitute a significant part (50e80%) of the weight of the mucin [354,355].”
An Overview of the Immunological Defenses in Fish Skin (2012, background): “Mucins are strongly adhesive, play a major role in the defence of the mucosae [112, 113], form a matrix in which a diverse range of antimicrobial molecules can be found [114], and impart viscoelastic and rheological properties to mucosal layers [115].”
The Airway Epithelium: Soldier in the Fight against Respiratory Viruses (2011, background): “The main components of respiratory mucus are mucins, which are large highly charged glycoproteins that cross-link to form the structural framework of the mucous barrier (239, 281).”
Mucin dynamics and enteric pathogens (2011, background): “Secreted mucins are large, heavily O -glycosylated glycoproteins that are assembled into homo-oligomers which give mucus its viscous propertie”
Realizing the physics of motile cilia synchronization with driven colloids (2015, background): “ PCL height is in practice dened as height of the extended cilium, and recent studies have demonstrated complex interactions among cilia, the mobile mucins in the mucus layer, and the underlying PCL (122). It appears that both the mucus layer and the PCL are moved unidirectionally, and it is suggest”