Salivary glands produce and secrete saliva, which is essential for maintaining oral health
and overall health. Understanding both the unique structure and physiological function of …

Chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after
allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Clinically, chronic GVHD is a pleiotropic …

Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and
nonrelapse mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. The clinical staging …

Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a frequent and potentially life-threatening
complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Increased …

Despite being one of the most common oral mucosal diseases and recognized as early as
1866, oral lichen planus (OLP) is still a disease without a clear etiology or pathogenesis …

Abstract The 2005 National Institute of Health (NIH) Consensus Conference outlined
histopathological diagnostic criteria for the major organ systems affected by both acute and …

Quality of life (QOL) after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is compromised by
chronic GVHD. In a prospectively assembled multicenter cohort of adults with chronic GVHD …

There are no plasma biomarkers specific for GVHD of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, the
GVHD target organ most associated with nonrelapse mortality (NRM) following …

Composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA) is a recently introduced option for limb
replacement and reconstruction of tissue defects. As with other allografts, CTA can undergo …

Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) blocking agents are novel immunotherapeutics
used for treatment of advanced-stage malignancies. They have shown promise in the …