THE SALIVARY SECRETION

Mechanisms of Salivary Secretion

The salivary gland fluid secretion mechanism.

Fluid secretion by exocrine glands requires the coordinated activity of multiple water and ion transporter and channel proteins. The molecular cloning of many of the transporter molecules involved in fluid secretion has yielded a better understanding of the fluid secretion process. Mouse salivary glands are easily accessible model systems for the study of exocrine gland secretion at the cellula...

On Minor Salivary Gland Secretion

Xxix. Salivary Secretion in Infants

Intracellular transport and secretion of salivary proteins.

Intracellular transport and secretion of salivary proteins are major activities of salivary acinar cells. While the major intracellular pathway followed by salivary proteins following their synthesis has been described previously, there is only limited understanding of how this process is regulated at the molecular level. Studies of salivary proteins, especially proline-rich proteins, expressed...