Mucus in Health and Disease

Abstract

Keynote Address.- Mucus in Health and Disease.- Mucus Production and Its Regulation.- Functional Anatomy of Mucus-Secreting Cells.- Epithelial Cell Turnover and Mucus Production in Man.- The Morphology of the Gastrointestinal Tract.- Mucus-Producing Cells of the Tracheobronchial Tree.- Dynamic Anatomy of the Cervical Epithelium.- Influence of Pilocarpine and Ammonia Vapour on the Secretion and Structure of Cat Tracheal Mucins: Differentiation of Goblet and Submucosal Gland Cell Secretions.- Control of Biochemical Parameters in Glycoprotein Production.- Factors Regulating the Changes in Cervical Mucus in Different Hormonal States.- The Control of Submaxillary Gland Mucin Production.- Regulation of the Secretory Cycles of Mucous and Serous Cells in the Human Bronchial Gland.- Physical and Chemical Properties of Mucus.- Function and Properties of Epithelial Mucus.- Basic Rheological Concepts.- Functional Aspects of Mucus Rheology.- Physical Properties of Bronchial Secretion.- Physical Properties of Cervical Mucus.- Gastric Mucus Viscosity and Peptic Ulcer.- Studies of Glycoproteins from Mucociliary Secretions.- Chemistry and Biosynthesis of Mucin Glycoproteins.- A Tentative Model for the Structure of Bovine Oestrus Cervical Mucin.- Structure and Function in Gastric Mucus.- The Turnover of Mucin Glycoprotein in the Stomach.- Mucus in Disease.- Derangements of Biosynthesis, Production and Secretion of Mucus in Gastrointestinal Injury and Disease.- Malfunction of Intestinal Mucus and Mucus Production.- Cervical Factor in Fertility Regulation.- The Interaction between Sperm and Cervical Mucus in Couples with Antisperm Antibodies.- Modification of Mucus in Animal Models of Disease.- Mucin Histochemistry in the Detection of Early Malignancy in the Colonic Epithelium.- The Biochemical Pharmacology of Mucus.- Glycoprotein Alteration in Human Colonic Adenocarcinoma.- Treatment of Mucus Hypersection in Human Disease.- Evaluation and Treatment of Cervical Mucus Diseases Leading to Infertility.- Keynote Address.- Mucus in Retrospect.- Abstracts of Free Communications.- List of Contributors and Chairmen.