Salivary glands are involved in saliva secretion that ensures proper oral health. Aquaporins are expressed in salivary glands and play a major role in saliva secretion. This review will provide an overview of the salivary gland morphology and physiology of saliva secretion, and focus on the expression, subcellular localization and role of aquaporins under physiological and pathophysiological co...

Sympathetic stimulation induces weak salivation compared with parasympathetic stimulation. To clarify this phenomenon in salivary glands, we investigated cAMP-induced modulation of Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) secretion from rat parotid and submandibular acinar cells because fluid secretion from salivary glands depends on the Cl(-) secretion. Carbachol (Cch), a Ca(2+)-increasing agent, induced hyperp...

A case of sudden enlargement of the submandibular and parotid salivary glands following endotracheal intubation is described. The literature concerning this condition is reviewed, and the possible causes are discussed.

PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficiency of sialendoscopy-assisted operations in the treatment of submandibular gland stones. MATERIALS AND METHODS The data from 8 patients with sialolithiasis who underwent sialendoscopy from August 2015 to January 2016 at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, China Medical University (...

Objective: One of the indexes that best shows oral health status is decayed-missing-filled teeth (DMFT) index. 65% saliva secreted in body produced by submandibular gland. imaging methods gland ultrasound. The aim this study to investigate whether there a relationship between volume gland, which most, and DMFT In addition, changes size salivary depending on age, gender mass index (BMI) were inv...

PURPOSE During radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, co-irradiation (IR) of salivary glands results in acute and often lifelong hyposalivation. Recently, we showed that bone marrow-derived cells (BMC) can partially facilitate postradiation regeneration of the mouse submandibular gland. In this study, we investigate whether optimized mobilization of BMCs can further facilitate regeneration of r...

Increased nitric oxide (NO) formation is mechanistically linked to pathophysiology of the extrahepatic complications of cirrhosis. NO is formed by either enzymatic or non-enzymatic pathways. Enzymatic production is catalyzed by NO synthase (NOS) while entero-salivary circulation of nitrate and nitrite is linked to non-enzymatic formation of NO under acidic pH in the stomach. There is no data on...

www.johronline.com 83 | P a g e For Correspondence: [email protected] Received on: September 2014 Accepted after revision: October 2014 Downloaded from: www.johronline.com Introduction Sialolithiasis is a common disorder of salivary glands, it is a condition characterized by the obstruction of a salivary gland or its excretory duct due to formation of sialolith, further resulting in i...

Salivary glands are exocrine that secrete saliva, which plays an important role in the maintenance of oral health. Few reports exist on contralateral salivary gland is not directly affected when one by sialolithiasis, radiation therapy, or a tumor. In present study, we investigated changes submandibular mice following excision unilateral gland. Outcomes this study showed and sublingual resectio...

Immunoblot studies were performed on tissue extracts of rats injected with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) conjugates of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) using anti-HRP and anti-WGA antisera. Immunoblots of uninjected, purified conjugates (WGA-HRP) demonstrated a 62-kilodalton (kd) conjugate (monomeric WGA conjugated to HRP). Other prominent immunobands included HRP (40 kd), monomeric WGA (22 kd), and ...