Table 1 Inflammatory biomarkers detected in serum and saliva in healthy subjects

From: Salivary biomarkers: novel noninvasive tools to diagnose chronic inflammation

Biomarkers

Serum concentration

Saliva concentration

Cytokines/chemokines

TNFα

60–90 pg·mL−1

20–45 pg·mL−1

IL-6

0–44 pg·mL−1

0.5–34 pg·mL−1

IL-1α

31.4 pg·mL−1

361 pg·mL−1

IL-1β

0.5–20 pg·mL−1

40.5–494 pg·mL−1

IL-2

21 pg·mL−1

4.3–10.3 pg·mL−1

IL-4

10–20 ng·L−1

15–25 ng·L−1

IL-5

2.6–13 pg·mL−1

0–3.5 pg·mL−1

IL-7

6.5 pg·mL−1

8.3 pg·mL−1

IL-8

6.8–39 pg·mL−1

150–400 pg·mL−1

IL-10

0.5–2.9 pg·mL−1

0.5–5.1 pg·mL−1

IL12p70

2–10.5 pg·mL−1

19.2 pg·mL−1

IL-13

17 pg·mL−1

0.7 pg·mL−1

IL-15

65.5–170 ng·L−1

0–8.7 pg·mL−1

IL-17a

15–40 pg·mL−1

5–10 pg·mL−1

IFNγ

20–42 pg·mL−1

28 pg·mL−1

CCL2 (MCP1)

6–70 pg·mL−1

125 pg·mL−1

CCL3 (MIP1α)

5.2 pg·mL−1

2.3 pg·mL−1

eotaxin (CCL11)

35–50 pg·mL−1

5.2–6.2 pg·mL−1

TGFβ

1.8–26 ng·mL−1

5.4–30 ng·mL−1

Proinflammatory enzymes

MMP8

5.7–19 ng·mL−1

2.5–309 pg·mL−1

MMP9

215–608 ng·mL−1

50–100 ng·mL−1

TIMP1

305–342 g·L−1

1.5–3 pg·mL−1

TIMP2

100–200 ng·mL−1

2–3.5 ng·mL−1

Carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I collagen (ICTP)

3.5–4.5 ng·mL−1

15.2 ng·mL−1

Antioxidant markers

8-Hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG)

121–200 ng·L−1

6.5–7.5 ng per 1 mg albumin

Malondialdehyde (MDA)

0-29-0.98 mmol·L−1

0.85–4.31 mmol·L−1

Uric acid

0.5–1.5 mg·dL−1

2.8–4 mg per 1 mg albumin

Glutatione peroxidase (GPX)

196–477 U·L−1

17–39 U per 1 mg albumin

TAC (total antioxidant capacity)

(1.92 ± 0.34) mmol trolox equivper L

1.1–1.5 nnol per 1 mg albumin

Superoxide dismutase (SOD)

0.78–1.48 U·mL−1

0.6–1.53 U·mL−1

Glutathione (GSH)

1.91–4.41 μmol·L−1

1.1 (0.1–3.3) μmol·L−1

Mieloperossidase (MPO)

30–40 ng·mL−1

(0.40 ± 0.16) μmol·L−1

4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE)

0.5–2 μg·mL−1

0–0.15 μg·mL−1

Acute phase proteins

C-reactive protein (CRP)

0.1–10 mg·L−1

0–472 pg·mL−1

Serum amyloid A (SAA)

15–35 mg·L−1

3.1–423 U·mL−1

Haptoglobin (Hp)

50–220 mg·dL−1

451–1 457 μg·L−1

C3

1–3 mg·L−1

0–2 mg·mL−1

Alpha1antitrypsin (AAT)

0.9–1.75 g·L−1

2–2 271 ng·mL−1

IL-1ra

350–700 ng·L−1

3 700 pg·mL−1

Ferritin

10–250 ng·mL−1

147–191 mg·L−1

Cortisol

5–23 mg·dL−1

3–19 mg·L−1

Lipopolysaccaride (LPS)

0.1–10 mg·mL−1

4.2–10.1 mg·mL−1

Adipokines

Leptin

10 ng·mL−1

21–42 pg·mL−1

Adiponectin

0-5-30 μg·mL−1

29 mg·dL−1