MicroRNA response in insect salivary glands to plant virus infection [PDF]
Journal of VirologyMost arboviruses rely on insect vectors for transmission, with salivary glands serving as a critical gateway for viral spread to new hosts. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are key regulators of gene expression, yet their roles in salivary glands during virus ...
Yan Xiao +4 more
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Sonographic assessment of the salivary glands among sudanese snuff-dippers
Journal of Medical Ultrasound, 2023 Background: The parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands, as well as the smaller subsidiary glands, are all the examples of the salivary glands. The likelihood of the salivary glands being impacted by snuff components increases due to this close ...
Nura Hassan +4 more
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BPI-fold (BPIF) containing/plunc protein expression in human fetal major and minor salivary glands [PDF]
Brazilian Oral Research, 2017 The aim of this study was to determine expression, not previously described, of PLUNC (palate, lung, and nasal epithelium clone) (BPI-fold containing) proteins in major and minor salivary glands from very early fetal tissue to the end of the second ...
Daniel Berretta Moreira ALVES +6 more
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UHFUS: A Valuable Tool in Evaluating Exocrine Gland Abnormalities in Sjögren’s Disease
Diagnostics, 2023 Sjögren’s Disease (SjD) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects the salivary and lacrimal glands, leading to xerostomia and xerophthalmia. Ultrasonography of Major Salivary Glands (SGUS) is a well-established tool for the identification of the ...
Giovanni Fulvio +7 more
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Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2023 Obesity affects the function of multiple organs/tissues including the exocrine organ salivary glands. However, the effects of obesity on transcriptomes and cell compositions in the salivary glands have yet been studied by bulk RNA-sequencing and single ...
Heping Huang +5 more
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Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of Floor of the Mouth – A Rarity [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma (MEC) is one of the most commonly occurring malignant salivary gland neoplasm, and contributes 2.8%– 15% of all salivary gland tumours.
Aruna Kumari Maloth +4 more
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A deep insight into the sialome of male and female aedes aegypti mosquitoes [PDF]
, 2016 Only adult female mosquitoes feed on blood, while both genders take sugar meals. Accordingly, several compounds associated with blood feeding (i.e. vasodilators, anti-clotting, anti-platelets) are found only in female glands, while enzymes associated ...
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Application of regenerative medicine to salivary gland hypofunction
Japanese Dental Science Review, 2021 Dry mouth results from hypofunction of the salivary glands due to Sjögren's syndrome (SS), various medications, and radiation therapy for head and neck cancer.
Junichi Tanaka, Kenji Mishima
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Clinical diagnosis and treatment of salivary glands inflammation [PDF]
Archives of the Balkan Medical Union, 2019 Inflammation of the salivary glands manifest differently, depending on the etiologic agent and patient population. Inflammatory and infectious pathology of the salivary glands is multifactorial and has a multimodal therapy.
Andreea TOMA +5 more
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Pharmacological activation of the EDA/EDAR signaling pathway restores salivary gland function following radiation-induced damage. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Radiotherapy of head and neck cancers often results in collateral damage to adjacent salivary glands associated with clinically significant hyposalivation and xerostomia.
Grace Hill +4 more
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