“…This heavily O-glycosylated glycoprotein is found on the apical membranes of the wet-surfaced epithelial cells of both the human cornea ( Figure 1A) and conjunctiva; it is especially prominent specifically on the tips of surface microplicae ( Figure 1B). It is also found on the surfaces of respiratory tract epithelia and female reproductive tract epithelia (for review see (Blalock, T. et al, 2007)). MUC16, also known as the CA125 antigen, was cloned from an ovarian cancer cell line, OVCAR-3, and was mapped to chromosome 19p13.2 (for review see (Gipson, I.K.…”