Enteric viruses replicate in salivary glands and infect through saliva

S Ghosh, M Kumar, M Santiana, A Mishra, M Zhang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Enteric viruses like norovirus, rotavirus and astrovirus have long been accepted as
spreading in the population through fecal–oral transmission: viruses are shed into feces …

Neuroepithelial interactions in cancer

G Ayala - Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Nerves not only regulate the homeostasis and energetic metabolism of normal epithelial
cells but also are critical for cancer, as cancer recapitulates the biology of neural regulation …

Trends in salivary gland tissue engineering: from stem cells to secretome and organoid bioprinting

A Chansaenroj, S Yodmuang… - Tissue Engineering Part B …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Xerostomia or dry mouth are commonly diagnosed in head and neck cancer patients due to
salivary gland (SG) epithelial injury after radiotherapy. Regenerative medicine has fetched …

Neurotrophin signaling is a central mechanism of salivary dysfunction after irradiation that disrupts myoepithelial cells

AM Chibly, VN Patel, MH Aure, MC Pasquale… - NPJ Regenerative …, 2023 - nature.com
The mechanisms that prevent regeneration of irradiated (IR) salivary glands remain elusive.
Bulk RNAseq of IR versus non-IR human salivary glands showed that neurotrophin …

Development of a functional salivary gland tissue chip with potential for high-content drug screening

Y Song, H Uchida, A Sharipol, L Piraino… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Radiation therapy for head and neck cancers causes salivary gland dysfunction leading to
permanent xerostomia. Limited progress in the discovery of new therapeutic strategies is …

Slow hydrogel matrix degradation enhances salivary gland mimetic phenotype

JA Mereness, L Piraino, CY Chen, T Moyston, Y Song… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
We recently developed a salivary gland tissue mimetic (SGm), comprised of salivary gland
cells encapsulated in matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)–degradable poly (ethylene glycol) …

CERE-120 prevents irradiation-induced hypofunction and restores immune homeostasis in porcine salivary glands

IMA Lombaert, VN Patel, CE Jones, DC Villier… - … Therapy-Methods & …, 2020 - cell.com
Salivary gland hypofunction causes significant morbidity and loss of quality of life for head
and neck cancer patients treated with radiotherapy. Preventing hypofunction is an unmet …

RGDSP-decorated hyaluronate hydrogels facilitate rapid 3D expansion of amylase-expressing salivary gland progenitor cells

EW Fowler, A Ravikrishnan, RL Witt… - ACS biomaterials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In vitro engineering of salivary glands relies on the availability of synthetic matrices
presenting essential cell-instructive signals to guide tissue growth. Here, we describe a …

Tissue engineered neurovascularization strategies for craniofacial tissue regeneration

Y Li, D Fraser, J Mereness, A Van Hove… - ACS applied bio …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Craniofacial tissue injuries, diseases, and defects, including those within bone, dental, and
periodontal tissues and salivary glands, impact an estimated 1 billion patients globally …

Salivary gland tissue engineering approaches: state of the art and future directions

LR Piraino, DSW Benoit, LA DeLouise - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Salivary gland regeneration is important for develo** treatments for radiation-induced
xerostomia, Sjögren's syndrome, and other conditions that cause dry mouth. Culture …