Preoperative chronic sinusitis as significant cause of postoperative infection and implant loss after sinus augmentation from a lateral approach.

Objectives: Among intra/postoperative complications of sinus augmentation from a lateral approach, postoperative infection and implant loss are particularly important because they have irreversible consequences. The purpose of this study was to determine the causes of postoperative infection and implant loss after a lateral approach and to determine the appropriate prophylaxis and therapy.

Materials And Methods: In total, 109 patients (121 sinuses, 252 implants) were included in this study.

The T-box transcription factor Brachyury regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition in association with cancer stem-like cells in adenoid cystic carcinoma cells.

Background: The high frequencies of recurrence and distant metastasis of adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) emphasize the need to better understand the biological factors associated with these outcomes. To analyze the mechanisms of AdCC metastasis, we established the green fluorescence protein (GFP)-transfected subline ACCS-GFP from the AdCC parental cell line and the metastatic ACCS-M GFP line from an in vivo metastasis model.

Methods: Using these cell lines, we investigated the involvement of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cancer stem cell (CSCs) in AdCC metastasis by real-time RT-PCR for EMT related genes and stem cell markers.

Involvement of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in adenoid cystic carcinoma metastasis.

The high frequencies of recurrence and distant metastasis of adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) are significant obstacles for the long-term cure of patients with AdCC and emphasize the need for better understanding of the biological factors associated with these outcomes. To identify proteins that mediate AdCC metastasis, we established three AdCC cell lines expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the ACCS cell line using orthotopic transplantation and in vivo selection in nude mice: Parental ACCS-GFP, highly tumorigenic ACCS-T GFP and metastatic ACCS-M GFP. ACCS-GFP and ACCS-M GFP were subjected to DNA microarray analysis and the results were used for data mining studies.

Expression of the urokinase receptor regulates focal adhesion assembly and cell migration in adenoid cystic carcinoma cells.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) cell lines (ACCS and ACCT) showed higher migration responses and adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM), especially types I and IV collagen, than did the oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) lines (NA and TF). The response to collagens was largely and exclusively inhibited by anti-alpha(2) integrin antibody. Moreover, AdCC cell lines expressed higher surface levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) than did SCC cell lines.

Involvement of hepatocyte growth factor in branching morphogenesis of murine salivary gland.

We investigated the involvement of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in salivary gland (SG) branching morphogenesis. The mouse submandibular gland (SMG) starts to develop at embryonic day 11.5-12 (E11.