Association of psoriasin (S100A7) with clinical manifestations of systemic sclerosis: is its presence in whole saliva a potential predictor of pulmonary involvement? - Concepedia

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Association of psoriasin (S100A7) with clinical manifestations of systemic sclerosis: is its presence in whole saliva a potential predictor of pulmonary involvement?

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2008

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Chiara Baldini, Laura Giusti, Laura Bazzichi, Federica Ciregia, Gino Giannaccini, Camillo Giacomelli, M. Doveri, Mario Del Rosso, Stefano Bombardieri, Antonio Lucacchini

Abstract

Our results identified salivary 12 kDa psoriasin as a potential predictor of pulmonary involvement in SSc. Thus, a psoriasin assay might be considered as a rapid, noninvasive, useful salivary biomarker for the detection of pulmonary involvement in SSc.