IMR Press / FBS / Volume 5 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.2741/S386

Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar (FBS) is published by IMR Press from Volume 13 Issue 1 (2021). Previous articles were published by another publisher on a subscription basis, and they are hosted by IMR Press on imrpress.com as a courtesy and upon agreement with Frontiers in Bioscience.

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Cervical mucus: from biochemical structure to clinical implications
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1 Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Croatia
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zagreb University Hospital Merkur, Croatia

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Front. Biosci. (Schol Ed) 2013, 5(2), 507–515; https://doi.org/10.2741/S386
Published: 1 January 2013
Abstract

Structure of human cervical mucus plays a pivotal role in female fertility and protection of reproductive health. Investigation of biochemical and biophysical structure of cervical mucus remains a challenge due to complex structural proteins, high content of oligosaccharides and cyclic variability of its structure. We present the current knowledge on chemical and biophysical features of cervical mucus and regulation of its secretion, relevant clinical observations and underexplored elements. The latter relates to biochemical background of physical properties and antimicrobial activity of cervical mucus, and regulation of its production.


Keywords
Cyclic variability
Cervical Mucus
Human Uterine Cervix
Mucin
Mucus Secretion
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