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ArticleActa histochemica et cytochemica2017

Expression of c-kit and Cytokeratin 5 in the Submandibular Gland after Release of Long-Term Ligation of the Main Excretory Duct in Mice.

Hiroshi Watanabe, Haruka Takahashi, Miyuki Hata-Kawakami, Akira Tanaka

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Article in Acta histochemica et cytochemica, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Hiroshi WatanabeCourse of Clinical Science, Field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Systemic Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Nippon Dental University Graduate School of Life Dentistry at Niigata, 1-8 Hamaura-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan.
Haruka TakahashiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Life Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University at Niigata, Japan.
Miyuki Hata-KawakamiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Life Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University at Niigata, Japan.
Akira TanakaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Life Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University at Niigata, Japan.
Nippon Dental University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term submandibular duct obstruction is thought to cause irreversible atrophy and dysfunction of the submandibular gland. As an atrophic gland may be induced clinically by chronic or recurrent infection, it is generally removed surgically. However, the regenerative capacity of atrophic submandibular glands after long-term obstruction is not completely understood. We studied the regenerative capacity of the mouse submandibular duct using an aneurysm clip ligation model. We documented changes in the size, histologic structure and gene expression of the submandibular gland after 2 months of ligation, and 1 week, 1 month and 2 months after clip removal. Two months of ligation caused atrophy, particularly in the acinar portion. In the 2 months after clip removal, we observed a steady and significant increase in the expression of the acinar cell precursor gene cytokeratin 5 (CK5), and a significant decrease in the expression of the stem cell marker c-kit. These findings suggest that the submandibular gland retains some capacity for regeneration even after long-term obstruction, and that CK5 could serve as a marker of this regenerative process.

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c-kitcytokeratin 5 (CK5)duct ligationregenerationsalivary gland

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PMID28744028
PMCPMC5519490
OpenAlexW2701379011

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