Among the many effects of thyroid disease is a diminished production and release of saliva from the salivary glands. This results in a dry mouth. Thyroid patients who spit, for example, may not ...

The lacrimal glands are above each eyeball, towards the outer part of the eyelid. The glands produce a fluid that cleans and protects the surface of the eyelid. Tears are part of this fluid. A growth ...

Therefore, PF can restore the function of salivary glands and delay the appearance of early clinical symptoms of Sjogren syndrome (Li et al., 2013). Cysteine-rich (Cyr61) has been gradually ...

Our school education has provided us with an understanding of the role of hormones in human physiology, with the respective endocrine glands that secrete hormones being described by their size and ...

On the 6th postoperative day the right parotid gland was noted to be swollen, tender and firm, with overlying erythema. Culture from Stensen's duct grew ... within the salivary gland appeared ...

Given that, researchers figured that a drug that suppresses interferon action might be able to treat Sjögren’s. Baricitinib is a JAK inhibitor, a class of drugs that suppress immune system signals in ...

"Sjögren's disease is an inflammation-driven disease," said Stefan Feske, the Jeffrey Bergstein Professor of Medicine in the Department of Pathology ... of salivary glands in our mouse model." ...

“Sjögren’s disease is an inflammation-driven disease,” said Stefan Feske, the Jeffrey Bergstein Professor of Medicine in the Department of Pathology ... of salivary glands in our mouse ...

Intensive basic research in the field of tick salivary gland transcriptomics and proteomics has identified several major protein families that play important roles in tick feeding and overcoming ...