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ReviewJournal of dental research2020

Oral Mucositis: An Update on Innate Immunity and New Interventional Targets.

C Chen, Q Zhang, W Yu, B Chang, A D Le

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Review in Journal of dental research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Efficacy of synbiotic mouthwash on salivary TLR2 levels and oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  9. Clinicopathological and biobehavioral factors influence the onset and severity of oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

C ChenDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery & Pharmacology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Q ZhangDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery & Pharmacology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
W YuDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
B ChangDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery & Pharmacology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
A D LeDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery & Pharmacology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
University of Pennsylvania · USHospital of the University of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System · US

Funding

FAS Controls Exosome-Mediated miRNA Transfer in MSC-Based TherapyR00DE025915 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHEN, CHI-DER · 2019 to 2021
$732k
Epigenetic Regulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation in AgingR03DE028026 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHEN, CHI-DER · 2019 to 2020
$324k
FAS Controls Exosome-Mediated miRNA Transfer in MSC-Based TherapyK99DE025915 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHEN, CHI-DER · 2016 to 2017
$142k
NIDCR NIH HHS K99 DE025915NIDCR NIH HHS R00 DE025915NIDCR NIH HHS R03 DE028026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral mucositis (OM), a common debilitating toxicity associated with chemo- and radiation therapies, is a significant unmet clinical need for head and neck cancer patients. The biological complexities of chemoradiotherapy-induced OM involve interactions among disrupted tissue structures, inflammatory infiltrations, and oral microbiome, whereby several master inflammatory pathways constitute the complicated regulatory networks. Oral mucosal damages triggered by chemoradiotherapy-induced cell apoptosis were further exacerbated by the amplified inflammatory cascades dominantly governed by the innate immune responses. The coexistence of microbiome and innate immune components in oral mucosal barriers indicates that a signaling hub coordinates the interaction between environmental cues and host cells during tissue and immune homeostasis. Dysbiotic shifts in oral microbiota caused by cytotoxic cancer therapies may also contribute to the progression and severity of chemoradiotherapy-induced OM. In this review, we have updated the mechanisms involving innate immunity-governed inflammatory cascades in the pathobiology of chemoradiotherapy-induced OM and the development of new interventional targets for the management of this severe morbidity in head and neck cancer patients.

Indexed as

Head and Neck NeoplasmsMucositisStomatitisChemoradiotherapyDysbiosisHumansImmunity, Innatechemotherapyimmunotherapyinflammatorymicrobiotaradiationtissue homeostasis

Identifiers

PMID32479139
PMCPMC7443999
OpenAlexW3030803041

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