The pancreas, which lies parallel to and beneath the stomach, is a large compound gland with most of its internal structure similar to that of the salivary glands.The pancreatic digestive enzymes are secreted by pancreatic acini, and large volumes of sodium bicarbonate solution are secreted by the small ductules and larger ducts leading from the acini.The combined product of enzymes and sodium ...

Ion-transporting acinar peripheral cells in cockroach salivary glands are innervated by dopaminergic and serotonergic fibres, but saliva-modifying duct cells are innervated only by dopaminergic fibres. We used microfluorometry to record intracellular Na+, Ca2+ and H+ concentrations ([Na+]i, [Ca2+]i and pHi) in duct cells of two types of preparation, viz ;lobes' consisting of acini with their du...

An integral membrane glycoprotein with an apparent molecular weight of 155,000 and isoelectric points ranging from 7.2 to 7.6 has been found to be predominantly expressed on the apical plasma membrane of luminal epithelial cell lining the lobules and terminal ducts in breast. The glycoprotein was purified to homogeneity from human milk-fat-globule membrane and was termed MFGM-gp 155. Polyclonal...

PURPOSE To evaluate nuclear NF-κ B translocation in minor salivary glands (mSG) of human primary Sjögren Syndrome (pSS). METHODS Lip biopsies' mSG were done in 24 female patients with pSS from the Rheumatology Service of Rivadavia Hospital. Glands were stained with H&E and immunostained for NF-κ B. Specimens were classified according to the Chisholm and Masson score. RESULTS The biopsies (H...

Bronchial glands have been regarded as modified salivary glands. It is well known that there no previous reviews concerning the antigenic profile of the bronchial wall. The aim of this study is a systematic survey of the antigenic profile and to describe the histology of normal human bronchial glands. Six formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded surgical specimens were studied using a panel of 22 poly...

An integral membrane glycoprotein with an apparent molecular weight of 155,000 and isoelectric points ranging from 7.2 to 7.6 has been found to be predominantly expressed on the apical plasma membrane of luminal epithelial cell lining the lobules and terminal ducts in breast. The glyco protein was purified to homogeneity from human milk-fat-globule mem brane and was termed MFGM-gp 155. Polyclon...

Abstract Histochemical staining of histological sections Varroa destructor (Anderson and Trueman, 2000) mites reveal the internal body plan are used to contrast organs associated with feeding reproduction starved versus recently fed female mites. The gnathosoma is comprised a powerful sucking pharynx, which employs 11 alternating dilator constrictor muscles, chelicerae, salivary ducts, salivari...

A 66-year-old man presented with a painless mass of the parotid gland. Light and electron microscopic studies verified the basic nature of the tumor as epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma, a low-grade malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland. Pathologically, there were two types of cells; the inner eosinophilic epithelial cells lining the ducts and the outer clear cells. The former cells display...

A 75-year-old male was pointed out the right submandibular swelling followed by the left pre-auricular swelling, about half-year apart. Parenchyma of the left parotid gland was infiltrated by lymphoid growth, and the right submaxillary gland had a discrete lymphoid growth at a pole of the gland. Inside and outside these lymphoid growths, lymphocytes infiltrated between ducts, acini, adipose tis...

A molecular basis for Cl- re-absorption has not been well-characterized in salivary ductal cells. Previously, we found strong expression of a rat homologue proposed to be Ca2+-dependent Cl- channels (rCLCA) in the intralobular ducts of the rat submandibular gland. To address the question as to whether rCLCA and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) are involved in Cl- re-ab...