Functional specialization of human salivary glands and origins of proteins intrinsic to human saliva
Marie Saitou, Eliza A. Gaylord, Erica Xu, Alison J. May, Lubov Neznanova, Sara Nathan, Anissa Grawe, Jolie L. Chang, William R. Ryan, Stefan Rühl, Sarah M. Knox, Ömer Gökçümen
The paper identifies the origins of salivary proteins and reveals gene repertoires specific to fetal and adult salivary glands, showing functional diversity is driven by transcriptional regulators.
Cell Reports · Nov 1, 2020Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology