What is it about?

The context of miRNAs from saliva and psychological stress is discussed.

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Why is it important?

The relation between the psyochological and the physiological aspetcs of the human stress response is too little understood. We try to shed light on this field with the focus on the possible use of salivary miRNAs as biomarkers.

Perspectives

miRNAs from saliva might be useful as parameters to measure psychological stress and to assess stress-coping mechanisms.

Andreas Savelsbergh
Universitat Witten/Herdecke

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This page is a summary of: MicroRNAs in Psychological Stress Reactions and Their Use as Stress-Associated Biomarkers, Especially in Human Saliva, Biomedicine Hub, October 2017, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000481126.
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