Correlation during the extent of surgical resection, oral function and quality of life after tongue cancer surgery: Single-institution study.

Introduction: The extent of surgical resection for tongue tumors is determined by tumor size, potentially affecting oral function and quality of life (QoL). However, the relationship between oral dysfunction and QoL decline due to glossectomy extent remains unexplored. Therefore, these correlations and their predictive value for postoperative QoL decline were elucidated.

Combination therapy of Mohs paste and chemotherapy improved metastatic oral cancer to the precordium skin and bilateral axillary lymph nodes: A case report.

Although Mohs paste can control bleeding, exudates, and odors from tumors, there have been no reports of the combination of Mohs paste with other treatments, such as chemotherapy, in oral cancer. Here, we report the combination of Mohs paste and chemotherapy for a case of metastatic oral cancer to the precordium skin and bilateral axillary lymph nodes. The tumors almost completely disappeared after the treatment.

Dense cancellous bone as evidenced by a high HU value is predictive of late implant failure: a preliminary study.

Objectives: The mechanism of late implant failure is unclear. This study examined the association between sclerosing cancellous bone images and the risk of late implant failures using multi-detector row computed tomography (CT) imaging data.

Methods: We performed a case-control study.

Intestinal absorption of glucose in mice as determined by positron emission tomography.

Key Points: The goal was to determine the importance of the sodium-glucose cotransporter SGLT1 and the glucose uniporter GLUT2 in intestinal glucose absorption during oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs) in mice. Glucose absorption was determined in mice using positron emission tomography and three non-metabolizable glucose probes: one specific for SGLTs, one specific for GLUTs, and one a substrate for both SGLTs and GLUTs. Absorption was determined in wild-type, Sglt1 and Glut2 mice.

Active site voltage clamp fluorometry of the sodium glucose cotransporter hSGLT1.

In the human sodium glucose cotransporter (hSGLT1) cycle, the protein undergoes conformational changes where the sugar-binding site alternatively faces the external and internal surfaces. Functional site-directed fluorometry was used to probe the conformational changes at the sugar-binding site. Residues (Y290, T287, H83, and N78) were mutated to cysteines.