Exocrine glands are glands that secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct. Examples of exocrine glands include sweat, salivary, mammary, ceruminous, lacrimal, sebaceous, prostate ...
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder driven by CFTR mutations that affects the exocrine glands. Manifesting with excessively viscous mucus production, patients typically experience obstruction of ...
Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a common immune disease that mainly affects the exocrine glands, which clinically present xerostomia, keratoconjuctivitis sicca and serological autoantibodies including ...