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Could inflammation contribute to salivary gland dysfunction in patients with chronic heart failure?
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Heart failure (HF) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. HF results not only in cardiovascular dysfunction, but also numerous pathologies in the oral cavity and salivary glands.
Anna Klimiuk +4 more
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Hyposalivation and oral candidiasis-A short review
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, 2022 Oral candidiasis is an opportunistic fungal infection commonly encountered in immunocompromised individuals. The oral cavity harbours numerous microbes and along with immunity saliva also maintains oral health. The Candida species form biofilm over the tissue and prosthetic surfaces. The biofilm formation results in persistent
Babu, N Aravindha, Anitha, N
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Evaluation of salivary flow rate and salivary lactoferrin after radiotherapy of head and neck malignant neoplasms [PDF]
Acta Stomatologica Naissi, 2023 Introduction: The most common postradiation complication in patients with head and neck neoplasms resulting from decreased salivary flow rate is xerostomia which affects the quality of life of patients in a negative way.
Rogoleva-Gjurovski Sonja +4 more
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Different Protocols of Photobiomodulation Therapy of Hyposalivation [PDF]
Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, 2018 Objective: Photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy has proved to be effective for a wide range of oral pathologies including oral dryness, but the literature still lacks reports of clinical trials and protocols.
Lončar Brzak, Božana +5 more
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Profiling the lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA interaction network in the submandibular gland of diabetic mice
BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2022 Background Hyposalivation is one of the common symptoms of diabetes. Although long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have recently been reported to play important roles in the pathogenesis of diabetes, the role of lncRNAs in diabetes-induced hyposalivation ...
Xi-Jin Shi +7 more
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Influence of bethanechol on salivary parameters in irradiated patients [PDF]
, 2016 Some studies have shown evidence that the prophylactic use of bethanechol chloride (BC) may be useful in preventing the incidence and/or severity of xerostomia (XT).
Alves, Fabio A. +5 more
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BJPsych Open, 2023 Background Poor oral health is increasingly recognised as an important comorbidity in people with psychiatric illness. One risk factor is psychotropic-induced dry mouth.
Cherilyn Xue Wei Teoh +6 more
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Sjögren’s syndrome: studying the disease in mice [PDF]
, 2011 Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), a systemic autoimmune disease, is characterized by infl ammation of exocrine tissues accompanied by a signifi cant loss of their secretory function.
Delaleu, Nicolas Hervé +3 more
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Медицинская иммунология, 2022 Sialadenosis is a dystrophic disease of the salivary glands parenchyma, which leads to secretory disorders and hypertrophy of salivary glands. Sialadenitis develops in cases of secondary inflammation. Standard methods and medications for the treatment of
T. B. Sultimova +4 more
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Determinants of DNA yield and purity collected with buccal cell samples [PDF]
, 2009 Buccal cells are an important source of DNA in epidemiological studies, but little is known about factors that influence amount and purity of DNA. We assessed these factors in a self-administered buccal cell collection procedure, obtained with three ...
Belitser, S.V. +10 more
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