Salivary gland function, development, and regeneration

AM Chibly, MH Aure, VN Patel… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Salivary glands produce and secrete saliva, which is essential for maintaining oral health
and overall health. Understanding both the unique structure and physiological function of …

Prevention and treatment of radiotherapy‐induced side effects

L Barazzuol, RP Coppes, P van Luijk - Molecular oncology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Radiotherapy remains a mainstay of cancer treatment, being used in roughly 50% of
patients. The precision with which the radiation dose can be delivered is rapidly improving …

The evolving definition of salivary gland stem cells

C Rocchi, L Barazzuol, RP Coppes - NPJ Regenerative medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Dysfunction of the salivary gland and irreversible hyposalivation are the main side effects of
radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer leading to a drastic decrease of the quality …

Autologous mesenchymal stem cells offer a new paradigm for salivary gland regeneration

M Marinkovic, ON Tran, H Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Salivary gland (SG) dysfunction, due to radiotherapy, disease, or aging, is a clinical
manifestation that has the potential to cause severe oral and/or systemic diseases and …

Hydrogels for the treatment of oral and maxillofacial diseases: Current research, challenges, and future directions

M Huang, Y Huang, H Liu, Z Tang, Y Chen… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Oral and maxillofacial diseases such as infection and trauma often involve various organs
and tissues, resulting in structural defects, dysfunctions and/or adverse effects on facial …

Mouth-watering results: Clinical need, current approaches, and future directions for salivary gland regeneration

C Rocchi, E Emmerson - Trends in molecular medicine, 2020 - cell.com
Permanent damage to the salivary glands and resulting hyposalivation and xerostomia have
a substantial impact on patient health, quality of life, and healthcare costs. Currently, patients …

Bioengineering in salivary gland regeneration

M Hajiabbas, C D'Agostino, J Simińska-Stanny… - Journal of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Salivary gland (SG) dysfunction impairs the life quality of many patients, such as patients
with radiation therapy for head and neck cancer and patients with Sjögren's syndrome …

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) …

A mesenchymal to epithelial switch in Fgf10 expression specifies an evolutionary-conserved population of ionocytes in salivary glands

O Mauduit, MH Aure, V Delcroix, L Basova… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Summary Fibroblast growth factor 10 (FGF10) is well established as a mesenchyme-derived
growth factor and a critical regulator of fetal organ development in mice and humans. Using …