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Relationship between salivary proteins and dental caries: a narrative review of clinical studies

Aim: to carry out a narrative review of the literature on organic salivary components and their functions, as well as the relationship between these organic components and oral health conditions and dental caries, in an attempt to identify potential candidates for biological markers of dental caries...

Possible therapeutics for Pseudomyxoma peritonei: a rare, lethal, and the least investigated disease

Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) refers to a growth disorder characterized by glycoprotein neoplasm in the peritoneum, where mucin oversecretion occurs. The tumors of the appendix region are well associated with PMP; however, ovarian, colon, stomach, pancreas, and urachus tumors have also been linked to PMP....

The ability of different formulations of artificial saliva to protect dentin from erosive wear

Braz. dent. sci; 26 (2), 2023
Objective: Evaluate the protective effect of artificial saliva formulations associated or not with mucin on dentin. Materials and Methods: Bovine dentin specimens were randomly allocated to 10 groups (n = 20) according to the artificial saliva tested and the presence or absence of mucin: Amaechi et ...

Mucin levels in glands of the colonic mucosa of rats with diversion colitis subjected to enemas containing sucralfate and n-acetylcysteine alone or in combination

Acta cir. bras; 38 (), 2023
Purpose: To evaluate the tissue content of neutral and acidic mucins, sulfomucins and sialomucins in colonic glands devoid of intestinal transit after enemas containing sucralfate and n-acetylcysteine alone or in combination. Methods: Sixty-four rats underwent intestinal transit bypass. A colonic segmen...

Histochemical assessment of mucin-secreting cells in the stomach of domestic rabbit

Int. j. morphol; 40 (4), 2022
SUMMARY: The mucous substances of the stomach in mammals are important not only for the protection of the gastric epithelium from the acid environment and grinding actions, but it facilitates some other functions of the stomach such as antibacterial, antimetastatic, and immunological roles. The goal of t...

Mucina salival en pacientes obesos en relación al tratamiento de la enfermedad periodontal
Salivary mucin in obese patients in relation to the treatment of periodontal disease

Rev. ADM; 78 (5), 2021
Introducción: La mucina salival (Ms) modula otras proteínas salivales que participan en múltiples funciones fisiológicas de la cavidad oral. Los niveles de Ms pueden proporcionar información sobre el estado de inflamación de los tejidos periodontales. Por tanto, el objetivo del presente estudio fue...

Concentración de mucina salival en pacientes con enfermedad periodontal

Odontoestomatol; 23 (38), 2021
Resumen El objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar la relación entre la concentración de mucina salival y la enfermedad periodontal. La muestra se dividió en tres grupos de 20 individuos cada uno: Grupo 1 sin enfermedad periodontal; Grupo 2 con gingivitis; y Grupo 3 con periodontitis. En todas las muest...

Mucina y Enfermedad Periodontal
Mucin and periodontal disease

La enfermedad periodontal (EP) es una patología que afecta principalmente los tejidos que rodean a la pieza dentaria (PD) y se caracteriza, en la mayoría de los casos, por una exposición bacteriana que favorece una respuesta destructiva e inflamatoria del huésped, que conduce a la pérdida de inserci...

Biomarcadores para la evaluación y diagnóstico del síndrome de ojo seco: una revisión

Resumen Introducción: El síndrome de ojo seco es una enfermedad en la que se generan signos y síntomas que conducen a alteraciones oculares prolongadas, por lo tanto, es relevante establecer con precisión la etiología de la enfermedad con la finalidad de establecer el tratamiento más efectivo, de ...

Lichen myxedematosus: a rare group of cutaneous mucinosis

An. bras. dermatol; 94 (4), 2019
Abstract: Cutaneous mucinoses are a heterogeneous group of dermatoses in which excess deposition of mucin in the dermis gives the skin a waxy appearance, with papules and plaques that can vary from self-healing mucinosis to even disrupting the normal shape of a patient's face, conferring a leonine facies...