Determining the presence of asthma-related molecules and salivary contamination in exhaled breath condensate

Respiratory Research

Table 4 Proteins detected in healthy non-smoker and healthy smoker EBC

Protein	Accession ID	Smoker	Healthy
Zinc finger protein 800	UniProtKB Q2TB10	✓
Myoneurin	UniProtKB Q9NPC7	✓
Keratin, type 1 cytoskeleton 9 (Cytokeratin 9)	UniProtKB P35527		✓

EBC was collected from 13 volunteers and pooled into 4 groups; healthy smokers, healthy non-smokers, non-smokers with nasal congestion, and non-smokers with the common cold. Samples were analyzed on a Bruker Impact HD Q-TOF and proteins were search using Mascot. ✓ indicates that a protein was detected within a particular group

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