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SUBMITTER: Watanabe H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5519490 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Watanabe Hiroshi H Takahashi Haruka H Hata-Kawakami Miyuki M Tanaka Akira A
Acta histochemica et cytochemica 20170622 3
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 ...[more]