Saliva sampling: Methods and devices. An overview

FG Bellagambi, T Lomonaco, P Salvo, F Vivaldi… - TrAC Trends in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The continuous exchange of chemicals with blood and the non-invasive collection make
saliva an interesting specimen for clinical applications, from the detection of biomarkers to …

Biological and psychological markers of stress in humans: Focus on the Trier Social Stress Test

AP Allen, PJ Kennedy, JF Cryan, TG Dinan… - … & biobehavioral reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Validated biological and psychological markers of acute stress in humans are an important
tool in translational research. The Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), involving public interview …

Salivary biomarkers: novel noninvasive tools to diagnose chronic inflammation

P Dongiovanni, M Meroni, S Casati, R Goldoni… - International journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Several chronic disorders including type 2 diabetes (T2D), obesity, heart disease and
cancer are preceded by a state of chronic low-grade inflammation. Biomarkers for the early …

The evolving landscape of exosomes in neurodegenerative diseases: exosomes characteristics and a promising role in early diagnosis

S Rastogi, V Sharma, PS Bharti, K Rani… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases (ND) remains to be one of the biggest burdens on healthcare
systems and serves as a leading cause of disability and death. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is …

Electrochemical sensing of analytes in saliva: Challenges, progress, and perspectives

AG Cardoso, H Viltres, GA Ortega, V Phung… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The detection of analytes in human saliva is an important task for real-life sensing device
applications, as well as a challenging issue due to its high viscosity and the presence of …

Discrimination and systemic inflammation: a critical review and synthesis

AG Cuevas, AD Ong, K Carvalho, T Ho… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to discrimination or unfair treatment has emerged as an important risk factor for
illness and disease that disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities. Discriminatory …

Salivary markers of inflammation in response to acute stress

DC Slavish, JE Graham-Engeland, JM Smyth… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2015 - Elsevier
There is burgeoning interest in the ability to detect inflammatory markers in response to
stress within naturally occurring social contexts and/or across multiple time points per day …

[HTML][HTML] Singing modulates mood, stress, cortisol, cytokine and neuropeptide activity in cancer patients and carers

D Fancourt, A Williamon, LA Carvalho… - …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is growing evidence that psychosocial interventions can have psychological benefits
for people affected by cancer, including improved symptoms of mental health and wellbeing …

Effects of group drumming interventions on anxiety, depression, social resilience and inflammatory immune response among mental health service users

D Fancourt, R Perkins, S Ascenso, LA Carvalho… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Growing numbers of mental health organizations are developing community music-making
interventions for service users; however, to date there has been little research into their …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Everyday Discrimination Scale and biomarker outcomes

JA Lawrence, I Kawachi, K White, MT Bassett… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Discrimination has consistently been associated with multiple adverse health outcomes.
Like other psychosocial stressors, discrimination is thought to impact health through stress …