Quantitation of the cellular content of saliva and buccal swab samples

Abstract Buccal swabs and saliva are the two most common oral sampling methods used for medical research. Often, these samples are used interchangeably, despite previous evidence that both contain buccal cells and blood leukocytes in different proportions. For some research, such as epigenetic studi...

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Main Authors: Christiane Theda, Seo Hye Hwang, Anna Czajko, Yuk Jing Loke, Pamela Leong, Jeffrey M. Craig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25311-0