Gene description for MCAM
Gene name	melanoma cell adhesion molecule
Gene symbol	MCAM
Other names/aliases	CD146 HEMCAM METCAM MUC18 MelCAM
Species	Homo sapiens
Experiment description of studies that identified MCAM in Saliva
1 Experiment ID 1394 Identified molecule protein Extracellular vesicle type Extracellular vesicles MISEV Small EVs Identification method Flow cytometry PubMed ID 32939236    Organism Homo sapiens Experiment description Salivary extracellular vesicles inhibit Zika virus but not SARS-CoV-2 infection Authors Conzelmann C, Groß R, Zou M, Krüger F, Görgens A, Gustafsson MO, El Andaloussi S, Münch J, Müller JA. Journal name J Extracell Vesicles Publication year 2020 Sample Saliva Sample name Saliva - pooled (CD9, CD63, and CD81-positive EVs) Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation Tangential flow filtration Size exclusion chromatography Flotation density - Molecules identified in the study Protein Lipid Methods used in the study Flow cytometry EV-TRACK -