Immunolocalization of antimicrobial and cytoskeletal components in the serous glands of human sinonasal mucosa

• Autores: Mechthild Stoeckelhuber, Bernhard Olzowy, Friedrich Ihler, Christoph Matthias, Elias Q. Scherer, Gregor Babaryka, Denys J. Loeffelbein, Nils H. Rohleder, Markus Nieberler, Marco R. Kesting
• Localización: Histology and histopathology: cellular and molecular biology, ISSN-e 1699-5848, ISSN 0213-3911, Vol. 29, Nº. 10, 2014, págs. 1315-1324
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Secretory cells in the seromucous glands of paranasal sinuses secrete antibacterial proteins for innate immune mucosal integrity. We studied the localization of antimicrobial and cytoskeletal components of the human seromucous glands and respiratory epithelium of the maxillary sinus and the ethmoidal cells by immunohistochemical methods. The presence of a variety of defense proteins such as lysozyme, lactoferrin, cathelicidin, and defensin-1, -2, -3 point to a crucial role in the immune defense for the respiratory tract. Cytoskeletal proteins such as actin, myosin 2, cytokeratin 7 and 19, a- and ß-tubulin, investigated for the first time in glands of paranasal sinuses, showed a stronger expression at the apical and lateral cell membrane. The localization of the cytoskeletal proteins might point to their participation in exocrine secretory processes and stabilizing effects