Salivary glands are essential structures in the oral cavity. A variety of diseases, such as
cancer, autoimmune diseases, infections and physical traumas, can alter the functionality of …

Oral homeostasis is dependent upon saliva and its content of proteins. Reflex salivary flow
occurs at a low 'resting'rate and for short periods of the day more intense taste or chewing …

Salivary glands provide an excellent model for the study of epithelial–mesenchymal
interactions and branching morphogenesis. This review will discuss the anatomy of different …

Unlike other branched organs, the mammary gland undergoes most of its branching during
adolescent rather than embryonic development. Its morphogenesis begins in utero, pauses …

Salivary gland branching morphogenesis involves coordinated cell growth, proliferation,
differentiation, migration, apoptosis, and interaction of epithelial, mesenchymal, endothelial …

Cells in multicellular organisms are surrounded by a complex three-dimensional
macromolecular extracellular matrix (ECM). This matrix, traditionally thought to serve a …

In bile duct-ligated (BDL) rodents, as in humans with chronic cholangiopathies, biliary
obstruction triggers proliferation of bile ductular cells that are surrounded by fibrosis …

Many organs of higher organisms are heavily branched structures and arise by an
apparently similar process of branching morphogenesis. Yet the regulatory components and …

Embryology of the salivary glands and their associated structures Detailed anatomy of the
parotid, submandibular, sublingual, and minor salivary glands, including nervous …

We have previously shown that a forkhead transcription factor Foxa1 interacts with androgen
signaling and controls prostate differentiated response. Here, we show the mouse Foxa1 …