They say the glands do not secrete a key salivary enzyme and are part of the respiratory tract ...

Assessment of salivary-gland function in 40 patients with sarcoidosis showed that whereas only one had clinical evidence of involvement of the salivary glands, both secretion volume (19 patients) a ...

“The maggots secrete enzymes that degrade the dead tissue and so the whole hypothesis was to look for genes that were active in salivary glands of maggots,” explains researcher Anders Schou ...

This finding comes from the first-ever Phase I clinical study of gene therapy in a human salivary gland. Its results show that the transferred gene, Aquaporin-1, has great potential to help head ...

Digestive enzymes are produced in pancreas for proper digestion. Apart from that it is also produced in salivary glands where it helps to break down food into enzymes and help digesting them.

Scientists have worked hard to figure out how our salivary glands strut their stuff--both because it's interesting and because knowledge could point the way to therapies.

Salivary Gland Function: The processes by which salivary glands produce and secrete saliva, essential for oral and systemic health.

Research reveals the details of how salivary glands collectively produce the constellation of proteins found in saliva, opening the door to important medical research.

Flow-rate measurements of separately collected saliva from the major salivary glands, stimulated by application of citric acid to the tongue, indicate great variation among subjects; furthermore ...

Saliva is a clear liquid made by glands in your mouth. Commonly known as spit, saliva is approximately 98% percent water with the other two percent made up of mucous, including electrolytes, ...