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Table 3 List of proteins identified in saliva that are decreased in malaria patients compared with non-malaria febrile controls

From: Proteomic identification of host and parasite biomarkers in saliva from patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Proteins decreased in malaria patients

fold-decrease

Lipocalin 1 (tear prealbumin)

1.68

Thioredoxin

2.13

Single-chain Fv fragment

2.20

Dermcidin

3.03

Serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade B (ovalbumin),

3.22

Immunoglobulin heavy constant gamma 2 (G2m marker)

3.28

Immunoglobulin heavy constant mu

3.72

Immunoglobulin heavy constant alpha 1

4.65

Histone cluster 1, h1d

unique in controls