Perspectives on salivary cytokines as noninvasive biomarkers for monitoring disease activity and therapeutic response of oral lichen planus

Wei Liu^{1

2

3}, Junjun Chen^{2

4}, Guanhuan Du^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Stomatology, Fengcheng Hospital of Fengxian District, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Fengcheng Branch Hospital, Shanghai, China.
² College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Wei Liu et al. J Dent Sci. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;18(1):475-478.

doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2022.08.007. Epub 2022 Aug 26.

Wei Liu^{1

2

3}, Junjun Chen^{2

4}, Guanhuan Du^{2

4}

¹ Department of Stomatology, Fengcheng Hospital of Fengxian District, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Fengcheng Branch Hospital, Shanghai, China.
² College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

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Keywords: Cytokines; Interleukin; Noninvasive diagnosis; Oral lichen planus; Saliva.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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