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Ex vivo metabolomic analysis of mouse submandibular glands reveals age- and sex-associated differences between tissue and saliva.

Archives of oral biology · Goda M, Mukaibo T, Sugimoto M, Munemasa T, Nodai T, Kondo Y, Hosokawa R, Masaki C · 2026-09-08

Researchers analysed metabolites in submandibular gland tissue and saliva from young and aged mice of both sexes, finding sex-related differences were more pronounced in tissue than saliva, and that tissue and salivary metabolite profiles only partially matched.

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