[Regeneration of auto- and isografts of submandibular glands in the brain of laboratory mice. I. Morphologic evaluation of the healed graft using light microscopy].

The mouse granular convoluted tubules of submandibular gland of laboratory mouse are releasing a range of biologically active peptides (renin, neural growth factor and others) into both the saliva and blood circulation, the males producing it in a larger extent than females. Recently, several from respective peptides were identified to be endogenous ones and brain-related. The present work was aimed to utilise submandibular gland/SMG auto- and isotransplants regenerating in murine brain as a possibly local source of peptides.