Neonatal rats treated with chronic injections of isoprenaline (isoproterenol) for 10 days revealed differential induction of proline-rich proteins and glycoprotein synthesis between the parotid and submandibular glands. Biosynthesis of proline-rich proteins (Mr 17000-35000) and a Mr-220000 glycoprotein were detectable by solubilization in 10%-trichloroacetic acid extracts from parotid glands 14...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To compare intensity-modulated treatment plans of patients with head and neck cancer generated by forward and inverse planning. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten intensity-modulated treatment plans, planned and treated with a step&shoot technique using a forward planning approach, were retrospectively re-planned with an inverse planning algorithm. For this purpose, two strategi...

A parotid gland hormone that stimulates intradentinal fluid movement is believed to play a significant role in maintaining the vitality of dentin. This hormone has been purified from porcine parotid glands and partially sequenced in our previous study (Tieche, J. M., Leonora, J., and Steinman, R. R. (1980) Endocrinology 106, 1994-2005). We now report the cloning and functional study of porcine ...

The presence of multiple calculi in the major salivary glands is an uncommon finding. Sjögren's syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocyte-mediated destruction of the exocrine glands. The case is presented of a 49-year-old female with Sjogren's syndrome found to have bilateral multiple sialolithiasis in the parenchyma of the parotid glands. The patient presented with a...

UNLABELLED Parotid gland parenchyma histology may be altered by local or systemic, pathological or nonpathological conditions. OBJECTIVE This paper aims to highlight the fatty degeneration of the parotid gland, a not well-known non-pathological condition. METHOD In a retrospective study, we collected a series of 6 patients which presented a swelling of the parotid, but even after extensive ...

An interesting case of Kimura's disease was described in the 42-year-old patient manifesting itself as a unilateral parotid swelling, albeit the disease usually affects both parotid glands. Furthermore, first pathohistological finding was not suggestive of the disease, revealing only fatty tissue, but on the repeated biopsy together with CT the correct diagnosis was established. It should be em...

It was previously found (Baxter, 1929-30, 1931) that marked variations occur in the organic matter, ash, and chlorine of the submaxillary and parotid saliva in normal dogs fed with different substances, as well as in the course of the secretion activated by these substances. Subsequently some of the inorganic elements of saliva both from the parotid and from the submaxillary glands of normal do...

TUMOURS of the salivary glands are relatively uncommon. From 1958 through 1968 a total of 77 lesions of all the salivary glands were seen by one of us (M.B.) and 67 involved the parotid, 8 the submaxillary, one the sublingual and one an ectopic gland. In this paper we present our experience with the 'partoid' lesions, which comprise the largest group in the series, 67 out of a total of 77, as e...

It was previously found (Baxter, 1929-30, 1931) that marked variations occur in the organic matter, ash, and chlorine of the submaxillary and parotid saliva in normal dogs fed with different substances, as well as in the course of the secretion activated by these substances. Subsequently some of the inorganic elements of saliva both from the parotid and from the submaxillary glands of normal do...