Plasma cells with characteristics of long-lived cells, and factors necessary for long term survival, are present in the salivary glands of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), report ...

A widely publicized paper has drawn scrutiny from physicians and anatomists about the authors’ claims regarding so-called tubarial glands. “I don’t think the paper should be retracted, it should just ...

The findings may have implications for radiotherapy, a cancer treatment that can cause damage to salivary glands and leave lasting complications. Doctors don’t regularly come across undiscovered bits ...

Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology.

Your salivary glands produce saliva and empty it into your mouth through slots called ducts. When these ducts become blocked, they can't produce enough saliva to moisten your food for proper eating.