Table III. Extracted ion current peak areas of other salivary proteins and peptides (mean values ± S.D. ×108) and results of the comparison between the groups.
Protein | Ctrlsa (n = 18) | Patientsa (n = 18) | p valueb | Ctrlsc (n = 18) | Patientsc (n = 18) | p valueb | Ctrlsd p value | Patientsd p value |
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Cyst B dimer | 0.33 ± 0.43 | 0.23 ± 0.13 | ns | 0.33 ± 0.19 | 0.19 ± 0.12 | 0.01 | ns | ns |
Cyst B glut | 0.24 ± 0.28 | 0.51 ± 0.45 | 0.04 | 0.55 ± 0.53 | 0.39 ± 0.21 | ns | 0.03 | ns |
Cyst C | 0.15 ± 0.23 | 0.28 ± 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.49 ± 0.23 | 0.33 ± 0.41 | 0.02 | 0.0002 | ns |
Cyst C sulfox | 0.03 ± 0.07 | 0.11 ± 0.15 | ns | 0.03 ± 0.09 | 0.17 ± 0.16 | 0.004 | ns | ns |
Cyst C tot* | 0.18 ± 0.23 | 0.39 ± 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.52 ± 0.25 | 0.51 ± 0.45 | ns | 0.0002 | ns |
Thymosin β4 | 0.15 ± 0.14 | 0.30 ± 0.31 | ns | 0.43 ± 0.25 | 0.61 ± 0.58 | ns | 0.0003 | 0.05 |
α-defensin 1 | 0.5 ± 0.6 | 0.9 ± 1.0 | ns | 0.5 ± 0.4 | 2.4 ± 2.7 | 0.006 | ns | 0.03 |
α-defensin 2 | 0.4 ± 0.4 | 0.7 ± 0.7 | ns | 0.4 ± 0.3 | 1.6 ± 1.5 | 0.003 | ns | 0.03 |
α-defensin 3 | 0.3 ± 0.4 | 0.4 ± 0.5 | ns | 0.2 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.8 | 0.004 | ns | ns |
S100A7 (D27) | 0.07 ± 0.12 (5/18) | 0.43 ± 0.55 (18/18) | 0.0004 | 0.03 ± 0.10 (2/18) | 0.28 ± 0.47 (14/18) | 0.001 | ns | ns |
S100A8 | 0.04 ± 0.1 (4/18) | 0.14 ± 0.37 (3/18) | ns | 0.04 ± 0.09 (4/18) | 0.17 ± 0.17 (10/18) | 0.02 | ns | ns |
S100A9 short | 0.41 ± 0.49 (12/18) | 0.27 ± 0.36 (11/18) | ns | 0.39 ± 0.44 (10/18) | 0.16 ± 0.18 (12/18) | 0.05 | ns | ns |
S100A9 short sulfox | 0.22 ± 0.24 (11/18) | 0.17 ± 0.22 (11/18) | ns | 0.11 ± 0.18 (6/18) | 0.21 ± 0.16 (14/18) | 0.04 | ns | ns |
S100A9 short tot* | 0.63 ± 0.69 (12/18) | 0.44 ± 0.50 (15/18) | ns | 0.50 ± 0.52 (11/18) | 0.37 ± 0.30 (14/18) | ns | ns | ns |
S100A9 1P short | 0.26 ± 0.34 (11/18) | 0.14 ± 0.22 (10/18) | ns | 0.20 ± 0.27 (8/18) | 0.06 ± 0.07 (8/18) | 0.04 | ns | ns |
S100A9 1P short sulfox | 0.11 ± 0.18 (8/18) | 0.07 ± 0.16 (6/18) | ns | 0.05 ± 0.11 (4/18) | 0.11 ± 0.19 (10/18) | ns | ns | ns |
S100A9 1P short tot* | 0.38 ± 0.47 (11/18) | 0.22 ± 0.27 (12/18) | ns | 0.24 ± 0.34 (8/18) | 0.17 ± 0.22 (11/18) | ns | ns | ns |
S100A9 long glut | 0.17 ± 0.35 (6/18) | 0.19 ± 0.32 (7/18) | ns | 0.27 ± 0.39 (8/18) | 0.14 ± 0.18 (9/18) | ns | ns | ns |
S100A12 | 0.009 ± 0.03 (1/18) | 0.04 ± 0.13 (2/18) | - | 0.12 ± 0.34 (2/18) | 0.34 ± 0.32 (14/18) | 0.002 | - | 0.001 |
a Age 10–17 yr group.
b Controls vs DS subjects.
c Age 18–50 yr group.
d Age 10–17 vs 18–50 yr group.
* Oxidized plus not oxidized forms; ns: not significant.