ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2024
Expression Analysis of Genes Corresponding to Mucins and Their Glycans from Cervical Tissue Using RNA Sequencing.
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Abstract
In the female reproductive tract, mucin proteins are the main component of mucus secreted by cervical goblet cells and play an essential role in many biological functions. They act as a medium for lubrication and mainting a cervical mucosal barrier against ascending pathogens from the vagina while also allowing sperm migration. The expression of mucin genes as well as the levels of O-glycosylation changes across the oestrous cycle. Detection and characterization of mucins and their glycans is important to understand the interface between the external and the internal environment, as the cervical epithelium represents the first line of defense against infections of the upper reproductive tract. Advances in the field of molecular biology have made possible to study differences in mucin and glycan gene expression which can help to understand impeded sperm transport as well as variation in the susceptibility to infection. This chapter discusses procedures relevant for both animals and humans on how to recover cervical tissue and perform a gene expression analysis of genes corresponding to mucins and their glycans using RNA sequencing.
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