title: Comparative human salivary and plasma proteomes.
abstract: The protein compositions, or the proteomes, found in human salivary and plasma fluids are compared. From recent experimental work by many laboratories, a catalogue of 2290 proteins found in whole saliva has been compiled. This list of salivary proteins is compared with the 2698 proteins found in plasma. Approximately 27% of the whole-saliva proteins are found in plasma. However, despite this apparent low degree of overlap, the distribution found across Gene Ontological categories, such as molecular function, biological processes, and cellular components, shows significant similarities. Moreover, nearly 40% of the proteins that have been suggested to be candidate markers for diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and stroke can be found in whole saliva. These comparisons and correlations should encourage researchers to consider the use of saliva to discover new protein markers of disease and as a diagnostic non-proximal fluid to detect early signs of disease throughout the body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Loo
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010949:Plasma; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis*; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000032:analysis*; D020521:Stroke / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D001798:Blood Proteins; D020543:Proteome; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides