Intestinal goblet cells and mucins in health and disease: recent insights and progress.
Kim YS1, Ho SB.
Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2010 Oct;12(5):319-30 The mucus layer coating the gastrointestinal tract is the front line of innate host defense, largely because of the secretory products of intestinal goblet cells. Goblet cells synthesize secretory mucin glycoproteins (MUC2) and bioactive molecules...