Restoring the secretory function of irradiation-damaged salivary gland by administrating deferoxamine in mice.

OBJECTIVES:One of the major side effects of radiotherapy for treatments of the head and neck cancer is the radiation-induced dysfunction of salivary glands. The aim of the present study is to investigate the efficacy of deferoxamine (DFO) to restore the secretory function of radiation-damaged saliva...

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Main Authors: Junye Zhang, Lei Cui, Minhua Xu, Yuanli Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4245233?pdf=render