Influence of centrifugation treatment on the lubricating properties of human whole saliva
Biosurface and Biotribology, 2016 An important function of human saliva is to serve as oral lubricant during mastication process and then effectively reduce tooth wear. Thus, centrifuged human whole saliva has been used as a substitute for human whole saliva for many in vitro studies on ...
Y.F. Zhang +3 more
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Non-coding RNAs in saliva: emerging biomarkers for molecular diagnostics. [PDF]
, 2015 Saliva is a complex body fluid that comprises secretions from the major and minor salivary glands, which are extensively supplied by blood. Therefore, molecules such as proteins, DNA, RNA, etc., present in plasma could be also present in saliva.
Majem, Blanca +3 more
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A smartphone-read ultrasensitive and quantitative saliva test for COVID-19
Science Advances, 2020 An isolation-free smartphone-based saliva assay can diagnose COVID-19 cases and quantify viral load within 15 min. Point-of-care COVID-19 assays that are more sensitive than the current RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) gold ...
B. Ning +16 more
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Disease-Induced Changes in Salivary Gland Function and the Composition of Saliva
Journal of dentistry research, 2021 Although the physiological control of salivary secretion has been well studied, the impact of disease on salivary gland function and how this changes the composition and function of saliva is less well understood and is considered in this review ...
G. Proctor, A. Shaalan
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Saliva for assessing creatinine, uric acid, and potassium in nephropathic patients
BMC Nephrology, 2019 Background Lab tests on saliva could be useful because of low invasivity. Previous reports indicated that creatinine, uric acid, and potassium are measurable in saliva.
Giancarlo Bilancio +7 more
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Lutzomyia longipalpis saliva or salivary protein LJM19 protects against Leishmania braziliensis and the saliva of its vector, Lutzomyia intermedia. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 BACKGROUND: Leishmania transmission occurs in the presence of insect saliva. Immunity to Phlebotomus papatasi or Lutzomyia longipalpis saliva or salivary components confers protection against an infection by Leishmania in the presence of the homologous ...
Natalia M Tavares +10 more
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Clinical Chemistry, 2020 Background Rapid, reliable, and widespread testing is required to curtail the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Current gold standard nucleic acid tests are hampered by supply shortages in critical reagents including nasal swabs, RNA extraction kits, personal ...
M. Lalli +12 more
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The effect of dietary intake, physical activity and posture on pepsin concentrations detected in the saliva of free-living, healthy individuals [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction: Diet and lifestyle are believed to be major causes of gastric reflux. The occurrence of reflux is associated with a number of respiratory, oesophageal and airways conditions.
Brownlee, Iain +8 more
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Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva: Implications for late-stage diagnosis and infectious duration.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Saliva has been a COVID-19 diagnostic specimen of interest due to its simple collection, scalability, and yield. Yet COVID-19 testing and estimates of the infectious period remain largely based on nasopharyngeal and nasal swabs.
Abby Chopoorian +17 more
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Numerical modeling of the distribution of virus carrying saliva droplets during sneeze and cough
The Physics of Fluids, 2020 Violent respiratory diseases, i.e., coronavirus (COVID-19), spread through saliva in coughs and sneezes or are even exhaled in the form of microbial pathogen micro-droplets.
M. Pendar, José C. Páscoa
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