Sample Stability and Protein Composition of Saliva: Implications for Its Use as a Diagnostic Fluid

Saliva is an easy accessible plasma ultra-filtrate. Therefore, saliva can be an attractive alternative to blood for measurement of diagnostic protein markers. Our aim was to determine stability and protein composition of saliva. Protein stability at room temperature was examined by incubating fresh...

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Main Authors: Diederik Esser, Gloria Alvarez-Llamas, Marcel P. De Vries, Desiree Weening, Roel J. Vonk, Han Roelofsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Biomarker Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/BMI.S607