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MeSH Heading: Mucin-5B
Tree Number(s): D09.400.430.900.631.207; D12.644.848.750; D12.776.395.560.631.207; D12.776.850.850
Unique ID: D055257
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055257
Scope Note: A gel-forming mucin that is predominantly expressed by submucosal glands of airway tissues and the SUBLINGUAL GLAND. It is one of the principal components of high molecular weight salivary mucin.
Entry Term(s): High Molecular Weight Salivary Mucin MG1; Mucin-5 Subtype B, Tracheobronchial
Public MeSH Note: 2009; MUCIN-5B was indexed under MUCINS 1997-2008
History Note: 2009(1997)
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2023/03/16

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Mucin-5B MeSH Descriptor Data 2025