Blood contamination in salivary diagnostics: current methods and their limitations

JH Kang, HS Kho - Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine …, 2019 - degruyter.com
The use of saliva samples in clinical studies has increased. However, the diagnostic value of
whole saliva is compromised in the presence of blood contamination, owing to the higher …

Discussions and perspectives regarding oxytocin as a biomarker in human investigations

JCC Mera, MAC Molano, CCG López, CA Triana… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
This article introduces a review of research that has implemented oxytocin measurements in
different fluids such as plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, urine and, mainly, saliva. The main …

Salivary biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in healthy adults

Y Nam, YY Kim, JY Chang, HS Kho - Archives of Oral Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Diagnostic value of saliva depends on the reproducibility of data in repeatedly
collected samples and predictable correlations between saliva and blood. We aimed to …

Developmental changes in social attention and oxytocin levels in infants and children

M Nishizato, TX Fujisawa, H Kosaka, A Tomoda - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Oxytocin (OT) signalling represents one of the most critical systems involved in human social
behaviour. Although several studies have examined the relationship between social …

Assessment of correlations and concentrations of salivary and plasma steroids, testicular morphometry, and semen quality in different climatic conditions in goats

H Samir, P Nyametease, M Elbadawy, M Fathi… - Theriogenology, 2020 - Elsevier
The current study aimed to investigate whether steroids (testosterone, estradiol, and cortisol)
in the saliva of goats reflects their concentrations in the plasma. Also, it aimed at …

Urea and creatinine levels in saliva of patients with and without periodontitis

A Gaál Kovalčíková, A Pančíková… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the fact that saliva contains measurable concentrations of urea and creatinine, it is
not widely used in clinical nephrology. One of the reasons is the high inter‐and intra …

Confounding effects of liquorice, hydrocortisone, and blood contamination on salivary cortisol but not cortisone

M Imamovic, N Bäcklund, S Lundstedt… - Endocrine …, 2023 - ec.bioscientifica.com
Objective To determine the effects of liquorice consumption, topical hydrocortisone, and
blood contamination on salivary cortisol and cortisone concentrations. Design and methods …

Saliva as a non-invasive sample: pros and cons

L Franco-Martínez, C Castillo-Felipe - Saliva in Health and Disease: The …, 2020 - Springer
In the last decades, the use of saliva for the evaluation of healthy and diseased individuals
has been widely employed. This biofluid offers several advantages when compared to other …

The Clinical Utility of salivary oxytocin as a putatively surrogate early Risk Identification biomarker of nascent Metabolic Syndrome with and without prediabetes

NR Bulatova, VN Kasabri, AM Albsoul, L Halaseh… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Aims and methods This study aimed to compare and correlate pharmacotherapy biomarkers'
plasma and salivary levels (appraised using colorimetric assays of Lipocalin, Nesfatin …

Quantification of appetite-regulating hormones in children with hypothalamic and common obesity

HW Gan - 2020 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Background. Current understanding of the appetite-regulating neuroendocrine circuitry
remains incomplete, and efficacious treatments for both common and hypothalamic obesity …