The damage to the exocrine glands is as a result of infiltration and destruction of the gland tissue by lymphocytes.
Breast: mS100a7a15 is weakly expressed in normal mammary gland tissue.
Males have a caudal organ associated with gland tissues.
Steroid hormones play a vital role in the growth of normal mammary gland tissue, as well as, the development and progression of breast tumors.
Other researchers have implanted fetal nerve cells and adrenal gland tissue into the brains of Parkinson's patients.
All vertebrates have adrenal gland tissue, with mammals unique in having it organized into layers.
Transplantation of adrenal gland tissue to the brain has been attempted, with variable results.
Tissue biopsy is not usually indicated, but if carried out, the histopathologic appearance is usually normal salivary gland tissue.
Sialography may be sometimes used to help demonstrate the salivary gland tissue within the bone.
Salivary gland tissues that have been excluded from the radiation portal may become hyperplastic, partially compensating for the nonfunctional glands at other oral sites.