6. Application of salivary proteomics analysis for clinical research

As already mentioned, analysis of the salivary proteome can be applied to study a large area of conditions and diseases. The most intensively studied area of saliva as a diagnostic tool was its appliance for dental [21, 57, 64, 65], oral cancer [31, 66], diabetes [67, 68] or gastric cancer [58]. Furthermore, salivary proteomics was also applied for studying neurological and psychiatric disorders [69].
