Saliva
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Physiologic cold shock increases adherence of Moraxella catarrhalis to and secretion of interleukin 8 in human upper respiratory tract epithelial cells.

13 Nov 2009 Moraxella catarrhalis, a major nasopharyngeal pathogen of the human respiratory tract, is exposed to rapid and prolonged downshifts of environmental temperature when humans breathe cold air. In the present study, we show that a 26 degrees C cold ... Read more...

Assessment of exposure to secondhand smoke at outdoor bars and family restaurants in Athens, Georgia, using salivary cotinine.

30 Oct 2009 Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) in outdoor settings is a growing public health concern due to recent indoor smoking bans. The objective of this study was to measure salivary cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine, in subjects aged 21-30 exposed to ... Read more...

Salivary analysis of oral cancer biomarkers.

4 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Oral cancer is a common and lethal malignancy. Direct contact between saliva and the oral cancer lesion makes measurement of tumour markers in saliva an attractive alternative to serum testing. METHODS: We tested 19 tongue cancer ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Saliva'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Physiologic cold shock increases adherence of Moraxella catarrhalis to and secretion of interleukin 8 in human upper respiratory tract epithelial cells. 13 Nov 2009
• Assessment of exposure to secondhand smoke at outdoor bars and family restaurants in Athens, Georgia, using salivary cotinine. 30 Oct 2009
• Salivary analysis of oral cancer biomarkers. 4 Oct 2009
• Simultaneous screening and quantification of 29 drugs of abuse in oral fluid by solid-phase extraction and ultraperformance LC-MS/MS. 29 Sep 2009
• Cold pressor stress impairs performance on working memory tasks requiring executive functions in healthy young men. 29 Sep 2009
• Oral fluid, a substitute for serum to monitor measles IgG antibody? 29 Sep 2009
• Study of human neutrophil peptides in saliva by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. 29 Sep 2009
• Spitting image: tick saliva assists the causative agent of Lyme disease in evading host skin's innate immune response. 29 Sep 2009
• Prediction of birth weight by cotinine levels during pregnancy in a population of black smokers. 26 Sep 2009
• Mutualistic biofilm communities develop with Porphyromonas gingivalis and initial, early, and late colonizers of enamel. 9 Sep 2009
• Oral fluid testing for drugs of abuse. 8 Sep 2009
• Outer membrane porin M35 of Moraxella catarrhalis mediates susceptibility to aminopenicillins. 2 Sep 2009
• Salivary cotinine concentrations in daily smokers in Barcelona, Spain: a cross-sectional study. Sep 2009
• Late-night and low-dose dexamethasone-suppressed cortisol in saliva and serum for the diagnosis of cortisol-secreting adrenal adenomas. 31 Aug 2009
• Children's context inappropriate anger and salivary cortisol. 30 Aug 2009
• Proteomic analysis in interstitial lung diseases: a review. 30 Aug 2009
• Stress questionnaires and stress biomarkers during pregnancy. 30 Aug 2009
• Salivary steroids. 30 Aug 2009
• The context counts: congruent learning and testing environments prevent memory retrieval impairment following stress. 30 Aug 2009
• Prevalence and phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis B virus among nonhuman primates in Taiwan. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Saliva'

Definition: The clear, viscous fluid secreted by the SALIVARY GLANDS and mucous glands of the mouth. It contains MUCINS, water, organic salts, and ptylin.

Descriptor UI: D012463

Alternative terms: Saliva; Salivas;

Allowable Qualifiers: cytology; drug effects; enzymology; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A12.200.666;

Technical Notes: SALIVATION and SALIVARY GLANDS are also available; "salivary IMMUNOGLOBULIN A": index SALIVA/immunol (IM) + IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY (IM)