ReviewThe ocular surface2024
A closer look into the cellular and molecular biology of myoepithelial cells across various exocrine glands.
Review in The ocular surface, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Metastatic Pleomorphic Adenoma: A Systematic Review.Head and neck pathology · 2025Pooled it
- Carmn sustains basal stemness in exocrine glands and CTND1-mediated Wnt signaling in mammary tissue.EMBO reports · 2026Article
- Intermittent fasting inhibits ferroptosis by modulating CD36 and its palmitoylation to alleviate diabetic dry eye.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2026Article
- Spatial transcriptomic profiling identifies lacrimal-gland-epithelial cell-driven mechanisms underlying autoimmunity in Sjögren's disease.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Adenophages are an atypical macrophage population in exocrine glands sustained by ILC2-derived GM-CSF.Nature immunology · 2026Article
- Notch signaling is a driver of glandular stem cell activity and regenerative migration after damage.The EMBO journal · 2026Article
- Spatial transcriptomic profiling identifies lacrimal gland epithelial cell-driven mechanisms underlying autoimmunity in Sjögren's disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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- Quantitative Changes in the Proteome of Chronically Inflamed Lacrimal Glands From a Sjögren's Disease Animal Model.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- Evaluation of a fermented palm kernel meal as a prebiotic for enhancing immune response in Indonesian red claw crayfish (Veterinary world · 2025Article
- Transgenic overexpression of the miR-200b/200a/429 cluster prevents mammary tumor initiation in Neu/Erbb2 transgenic mice.International journal of cancer · 2025Article
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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Myoepithelial cells (MECs) are a unique subset of epithelial cells that possess several smooth muscle cell characteristics, such as a high number of actin-myosin filaments and the ability to contract. These cells are primarily located around the secretory cells of exocrine glands, including the salivary, mammary, lacrimal, and sweat glands. Their primary functions involve the construction of the basement membrane and help with secretion of gland products through contraction. So far, no comparative analysis of MECs in different exocrine glands had ever evaluated their differences. In this review, we took advantage of the various publicly available scRNAseq data from mouse exocrine glands to identify their shared and unique characteristics. The aim of this review is to compare the role of MECs in maintaining healthy glandular function, their involvement in disease states, and their regenerative capacity, with a particular emphasis on the latest research findings in these areas.
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