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Clinical and diagnostic utility of saliva as a non-invasive diagnostic fluid: a systematic review

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Soares Nunes, Lazaro Alessandro, Mussavira, Sayeeda, Sukumaran Bindhu, Omana·2015·Biochemia Medica

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This systematic review presents the latest trends in salivary research and its applications in health and disease. Among the large number of analytes present in saliva, many are affected by diverse physiological and pathological conditions. Further, the non-invasive, easy and cost-effective collection methods prompt an interest in evaluating its diagnostic or prognostic utility. Accumulating data over the past two decades indicates towards the possible utility of saliva to monitor overall health, diagnose and treat various oral or systemic disorders and drug monitoring. Advances in saliva based systems biology has also contributed towards identification of several biomarkers, development of diverse salivary diagnostic kits and other sensitive analytical techniques. However, its utilization should be carefully evaluated in relation to standardization of pre-analytical and analytical variables, such as collection and storage methods, analyte circadian variation, sample recovery, prevention of sample contamination and analytical procedures. In spite of all these challenges, there is an escalating evolution of knowledge with the use of this biological matrix.

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Authors
Soares Nunes, L. A., Mussavira, S., & Sukumaran Bindhu, O.
Affiliations
Jain University (IN)
Venue
Biochemia Medica
Published
2015
Volume
25
Issue
2
Pages
177-192
ISSN
  • 1330-0962 (ISSN-L)
  • 1846-7482
OpenAlex
W630391585
Cited by
333
References
98
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 2
FWCI
3.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Biochemia Medica (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Hrčak Portal of scientific journals of Croatia (University Computing Centre) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Jain University
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations
Keywords
saliva, salivary biomarkers, non-invasive diagnosis, salivary diagnostics, drug monitoring, circadian variation, sample contamination
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Reagent Kits, Diagnostic, Saliva, Sensitivity and Specificity, Specimen Handling, Biomarkers, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Systems Biology

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