scholarly journals Role of Vitamin D and Vitamin D Receptor in Oral Lichen Planus: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paria Motahari ◽  
Fatemeh Pournaghi Azar ◽  
Arefeh Rasi

BACKGROUND: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is known to be a chronic inflammatory disease associated with various other systemic disorders. Studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency can be involved in the pathogenesis of lichen planus. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of vitamin D and vitamin D receptor in OLP.METHODS: In this review study, all English and Persian articles were searched by relevant keywords from the Google scholar, PubMed, science direct, Cochrane, Scopus and Sid databases until January 2020.RESULTS: From the 16 articles obtained after reviewing the abstracts, finally 14 appropriate articles were included in this study.CONCLUSION: According to the results of the studies, vitamin D deficiency may be associated with an increased risk of OLP lesions.

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana M. Caldeira Brant ◽  
Anilton C. Vasconcelos ◽  
Luciana V. Rodrigues

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic inflammatory disease with different clinical types. Reticular and erosive forms are the most common. Although the cause of OLP remains speculative, many findings suggest auto-immune involvement, mediated by T lymphocytes against the basal keratinocytes. Inflammation, mechanical trauma or toxic agents can affect the epithelial homeostasia. Increased apoptosis may cause a decrease in epithelial thickness reflecting in the activity of the lesion. The objective of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of apoptosis and epithelial thickness in reticular and erosive forms of OLP. 15 samples of OLP each type (reticular and erosive) plus 10 of healthy mucosa were collected and processed. After morphometry, the apoptotic index and epitelial thickness were obtained. TUNEL and M30 CytoDEATH immunohistochemical assay were used to validate the morphologic criteria used. Apoptosis in the erosive OLP was significantly more intense than in the reticular type and both forms of OLP presented more apoptosis than the healthy oral mucosa. Healthy oral mucosa was thicker than both OLP forms and thicker in OLP reticular form than in the erosive one. The clinical differences between reticular and erosive forms of OLP are related to variations in epithelial thickness and in intensity of apoptosis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-395
Author(s):  
Rohit Singh ◽  
Jazib Nazeer ◽  
Supriya Singh ◽  
Md A Iqubal ◽  
Revati Singh

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 384-386
Author(s):  
Narges Gholizadeh ◽  
Fatemeh Pirzadeh ◽  
Iraj Mirzaii‐Dizgah ◽  
Nafiseh Sheykhbahaei

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachna Sharma ◽  
Keya Sircar ◽  
Sanjeet Singh ◽  
Varun Rastogi

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Shen ◽  
Qinglan Liu ◽  
Peng Huang ◽  
Haozhi Fan ◽  
Feng Zang ◽  
...  

Abstract Vitamin D receptor (VDR) is involved in multiple immune-mediated disorders including Oral lichen planus (OLP). This study was aimed to investigate the association between VDR gene polymorphisms and the risk of OLP. 177 OLP patients and 207 healthy participants were recruited from Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University. Eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs: rs731236, rs739837, rs757343, rs2107301, rs2239185, rs7975232, rs11574129 and rs11568820) on the VDR gene were selected and genotyped. The results showed that the OLP risk was increased in subjects with the rs2239185 TT genotype (Recessive model: adjusted OR = 2.68, 95% CI = 1.28-5.62, P = 0.009) and rs7975232 CC genotype (Recessive model: adjusted OR = 2.25, 95% CI = 1.10-4.58, P = 0.026). And the significant cumulative effects on OLP risk were found in rs2239185 and rs7975232 (P < 0.01). The haplotype analysis showed that haplotype CC (rs2239185-rs7975232) was associated with increased OLP risk (OR =3.11, 95% CI = 1.42-6.83, P = 0.005), compared with haplotype AC. In conclusion, the variants of VDR rs2239185 and rs7975232 may influence the OLP susceptibility and VDR gene polymorphisms may be the candidate susceptibility region of OLP in Chinese Han population.


Medicina ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 257
Author(s):  
Hamid Reza Mozaffari ◽  
Maryam Molavi ◽  
Pia Lopez-Jornet ◽  
Masoud Sadeghi ◽  
Mohsen Safaei ◽  
...  

Background and Objectives: Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ)/interleukin-4 (IL-4) ratio may indicate a change in the immune response with a potential pathological effect presented in oral lichen planus (OLP) patients. Herein, this meta-analysis evaluated the role of serum and salivary interferon-gamma/interleukin-4 ratio in the severity and development of OLP. Materials and Methods: The Scopus, Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Web of Science databases were systematically searched to retrieve the relevant studies published up from the database inception to March 2019. The crude mean difference (MD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated by RevMan 5.3 software using a random-effects model. A sensitivity analysis was performed on the results using the CMA 2.0 software. A total of 98 studies were retrieved from the databases, of which at last seven studies were included in this meta-analysis. Results: The findings showed that the pooled MDs of serum and salivary IFN-γ/IL-4 ratio were −0.22 (95% CI: −1.16, 0.72; p = 0.64) and 0.17 (95% CI: −1.50, 1.84; p = 0.84) in OLP patients compared to controls, respectively. In addition, the pooled MDs of serum and salivary IFN-γ/IL-4 ratio were −0.15 (95% CI: −0.53, 0.23; p = 0.43) and −0.39 (95% CI: −0.63, −0.15; p = 0.001) in patients with erythematous/ulcerative subtype compared to patients with reticular subtype, respectively. Conclusions: In conclusion, the results of meta-analysis demonstrated that serum and salivary IFN-γ/IL-4 ratio cannot play a major role in OLP development and severity.


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