Advances in Salivary Diagnostics

✍ Scribed by Charles F. Streckfus (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 213
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book reviews the progress made in salivary diagnostics during the past two decades and identifies the likely direction of future endeavors. After an introductory section describing the histological and anatomical features of the salivary glands and salivary function, salivary collection devices and diagnostic platforms are reviewed. The field of “salivaomics” is then considered in detail, covering, for example, proteomics, the peptidome, DNA and RNA analysis, biomarkers, and methods for biomarker discovery. Salivary diagnostics for oral and systemic diseases are thoroughly discussed, and the role of salivary gland tissue engineering for future diagnostics is explored. The book closes by considering legal issues and barriers to salivary diagnostic development. Advances in Salivary Diagnostics will be an informative and stimulating reference for both practitioners and students.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-16
The History of Salivary Diagnostics....Pages 17-31
Saliva Collection Devices and Diagnostic Platforms....Pages 33-61
Salivary Omics....Pages 63-82
Salivary Diagnostics and the Oral Microbiome....Pages 83-119
Development of Nanoparticle-Enabled Protein Biomarker Discovery: Implementation for Saliva-Based Traumatic Brain Injury Detection....Pages 121-129
Saliva Diagnostics for Oral Diseases....Pages 131-156
Salivary Gland Tissue Engineering and Future Diagnostics....Pages 157-185
Using Saliva Secretions to Model Disease Progression....Pages 187-198
Back Matter....Pages 199-204

✦ Subjects

Dentistry; General Practice / Family Medicine; Laboratory Medicine