ArticleCell reports2020
Functional Specialization of Human Salivary Glands and Origins of Proteins Intrinsic to Human Saliva.
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- Gene Expansion and Regulatory Rewiring Shape Sex-Biased Evolution of the Mouse Submandibular Gland Secretome.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Saliva Protein Genes in Humans were Shaped During Primate Evolution.Genome biology and evolution · 2025Article
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- Salivary Proteome Profile of Xerostomic Patients Reveals Pathway Dysregulation Related to Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Pilot Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- A macrophage-predominant immunosuppressive microenvironment and therapeutic vulnerabilities in advanced salivary gland cancer.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Establishing age-group specific reference intervals of human salivary proteome and its preliminary application for epilepsy diagnosis.Science China. Life sciences · 2025Article
- Rescue of non-healing, degenerative salivary glands by cholinergic-calcium signaling.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Salivary gland macrophages in health and disease: heterogeneity, niche crosstalk, and therapeutic avenues.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Salivary Proteomics & Gene Expression Analysis: Applications in Orthodontics and Oral Health Care Research-A Pilot Project.Biomarker insights · 2025Article
- Reconstruction of the human amylase locus reveals ancient duplications seeding modern-day variation.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Salivary proteins are essential for maintaining health in the oral cavity and proximal digestive tract, and they serve as potential diagnostic markers for monitoring human health and disease. However, their precise organ origins remain unclear. Through transcriptomic analysis of major adult and fetal salivary glands and integration with the saliva proteome, the blood plasma proteome, and transcriptomes of 28+ organs, we link human saliva proteins to their source, identify salivary-gland-specific genes, and uncover fetal- and adult-specific gene repertoires. Our results also provide insights into the degree of gene retention during gland maturation and suggest that functional diversity among adult gland types is driven by specific dosage combinations of hundreds of transcriptional regulators rather than by a few gland-specific factors. Finally, we demonstrate the heterogeneity of the human acinar cell lineage. Our results pave the way for future investigations into glandular biology and pathology, as well as saliva's use as a diagnostic fluid.
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