Table 2.

Overview on periostin as biomarker in different diseases

	References
Allergic and respiratory diseases
Asthma	[89]
Atopic dermatitis	[94]
IgG4-related sclerosing sialadenitis	[95]
Allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis	[96]
Eosinophilic otitis media	[97]
Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias	[98]
Pulmonary fibrosis	[99]
Nasal polyps associated with aspirin-sensitive asthma	[100]
Oncology
Cholangiocarcinoma	[101, 102]
Ovarian carcinoma	[103, 104]
Colon cancer	[105]
Pancreatic cancer	[106, 107]
Melanoma	[108]
Head and neck cancer	[109]
Glioblastoma	[110]
Breast cancer	[111]
Non-small cell lung carcinoma	[112]
Osteology
Bone marrow fibrosis	[113]
Fibrous dysplasia	[114]
Other inflammatory diseases
Systemic sclerosis	[115]
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy	[116]
Psoriasis	[117]
Interstitial renal fibrosis	[118]
Polycystic kidney disease	[119]
Lupus nephritis	[120]
Eosinophilic esophagitis	[86]
Hepatic fibrosis	[121]
Myocardial fibrosis	[122]