Gaffuri, Michele Battilocchi, Ludovica Pignataro, Lorenzo Capaccio, Pasquale
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The Journal of laryngology and otology
The aim of this communication was to introduce a novel combined image (magnetic resonance and computed tomography-guided and sialendoscopy-assisted transoral approach for the treatment of a parotid duct stenosis with megaduct. A 46-year-old woman was referred to our department for recurrent infections of the right parotid gland following unsuccessf...
Nelson, Deirdre A Kazanjian, Isabella Melendez, J Andres Larsen, Melinda
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Journal of oral biology and craniofacial research
Salivary gland hypofunction is highly prevalent in aged and diseased individuals leading to significant discomfort and morbidity. One factor that contributes to salivary gland hypofunction is cellular aging, or senescence. Senescent cells can impair gland function by secreting paracrine-acting growth factors and cytokines, known as senescence-assoc...
Yasuhara, Rika Kang, Seya Tokumasu, Rino Mishima, Kenji
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Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
Salivary gland myoepithelial cells regulate salivary secretion and have been implicated in the histological diversity of salivary gland tumors. However, isolation of myoepithelial cells has been difficult owing to a lack of detailed functional analysis and cell surface markers. Therefore, we aimed to isolate myoepithelial cells from adult mouse sub...
Khan, Farzana Khan, Sakirul Nabeka, Hiroaki Mimuro, Hitomi Nishizono, Akira Hamada, Fumihiko Matsuda, Seiji
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Cell and tissue research
Prosaposin (PSAP), a potent neurotrophic factor, is found in neuronal and non-neuronal tissues and various biological fluids. Neuropathological conditions often alter PSAP production in neural tissues. However, little is known about its alterations in non-neural tissues, particularly in the salivary glands, which are natural reservoirs of various n...
Silva, Gabriela Kelly da de Arruda, José Alcides Almeida Almeida, Tatiana Fernandes Araújo Oliveira, Sicília Rezende Rocha, Paula Alves da Silva Mesquita, Ricardo Alves Cardeal, Zenilda de Lourdes Menezes, Helvécio Costa Diniz, Ivana Márcia Alves Macari, Soraia
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Experimental and molecular pathology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine-disrupting chemical with a potential role in endocrine cancers. However, the effects of BPA on the salivary glands have been barely explored. We investigated the impact of in vivo sub-chronic exposure to BPA and its in vitro effects on human salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma cell lines. Male and female mice w...
Guimerà Busquets, Marc Brown, Faye V Carpenter, Simon T Darpel, Karin E Sanders, Christopher J
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Biological procedures online
Arthropods transmit a wide range of pathogens of importance for the global health of humans, animals, and plants. One group of these arthropod vectors, Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), is the biological vector of several human and animal pathogens, including economically important livestock viruses like bluetongue virus (BTV). L...
Guizzo, Melina Garcia Mans, Ben Pienaar, Ronel Ribeiro, Jose M C
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Ticks and tick-borne diseases
Tick saliva helps blood feeding by its antihemostatic and immunomodulatory activities. Tick salivary gland transcriptomes (sialotranscriptomes) revealed thousands of transcripts coding for putative secreted polypeptides. Hundreds of these transcripts code for groups of similar proteins, constituting protein families, such as the lipocalins and meta...
Allio, Rémi Teullet, Sophie Lutgen, Dave Magdeleine, Amandine Koual, Rachid Tilak, Marie-Ka Thoisy, Benoit De Emerling, Christopher Lefébure, Tristan Delsuc, Frédéric
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Ant-eating mammals represent a textbook example of convergent evolution. Among them, anteaters and pangolins exhibit the most extreme convergent phenotypes with complete tooth loss, elongated skulls, protruding tongues, hypertrophied salivary glands producing large amounts of saliva, and powerful claws for ripping open ant and termite nests. Howeve...
Amini, Sepide Golshani, Marjan Moslehi, Masoud Hajiahmadi, Somayeh Askari, Gholamreza Iraj, Bijan Bagherniya, Mohammad
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Trials
Thyroid cancer is a very damaging disease. The most common treatment for this disease includes thyroidectomy and then using radioactive iodine (RAI). RAI has many side effects, including a decrease in salivary secretions, followed by dry mouth and oral and dental injuries, as well as increased inflammation and oxidative stress. Selenium can be effe...
Guimerà Busquets, Marc Brown, Faye V Carpenter, Simon T Darpel, Karin E Sanders, Christopher J
Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Eric Denison for the supply of Culicoides midges, Lyndsay Cooke for initial methodology discussions, and Dana Nayduch (USDA) for useful and interesting discussions and advice. / BACKGROUND: Arthropods transmit a wide range of pathogens of importance for the global health of humans, animals, and plan...