Transplantation of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Preserve the Salivary Glands Structure after Head and Neck Radiation in Rats | Zendy

Basma Elsaadany | Zendy; M. A. K. Zakaria | Zendy; Mohamed R. Mousa | Zendy

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Transplantation of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Preserve the Salivary Glands Structure after Head and Neck Radiation in Rats

Author(s) -

Basma Elsaadany,

M. A. K. Zakaria,

Mohamed R. Mousa

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2019.350

Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , mesenchymal stem cell , salivary gland , bone marrow , head and neck cancer , stem cell , transplantation , pathology , submandibular gland , surgery , biology , genetics

The salivary glands are one of the radiation sensitive tissues during radiotherapy in the treatment of head and neck cancer. Within the first weeks of radiotherapy, the radiation causes progressive loss of gland function, then continue throughout the later of the patient's life.

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