SynthesisMedicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal2023
Role of selected salivary inflammatory cytokines in the diagnosis and prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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- The Oral Microbiome in Oral Cavity Cancer: Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis, Biomarkers, and Therapeutic Implications.Current oncology reports · 2026Review
- Causal Relationships Between Plasma Metabolites, Inflammatory Factors, and Oral Cancer Risk: A Comprehensive Mendelian Randomization Study With Mediation Analysis.Human mutation · 2026Article
- Salivary Biomarkers as Prognostic Tools in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of Survival and Progression Outcomes.Dentistry journal · 2025Review
- Exploring Metabolic and Immunological Biomarkers for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Potential Targets for Precision Therapy.Biology · 2025Review
- Hallmarks of Cancer Expression in Oral Leukoplakia: A Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.Cancers · 2025Review
- Design and Synthesis of Boronic Chalcones with Dual Anticancer and Anti-Inflammatory Activity.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Predictive and prognostic value of inflammatory factors (IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α) in saliva for radiotherapy response in patients with HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Analysis of preoperative serum cytokine levels in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Salivary miRNAs and cytokines associated with diagnosis and prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Association of serum and salivary dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) with oral cancerous and precancerous lesions; an observational diagnostic accuracy study.BMC oral health · 2024Observational
- PRF Lysates Modulate Chemokine Expression in Oral Squamous Carcinoma and Healthy Epithelial Cells.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Roadmap for the Rational Use of Biomarkers in Oral Disease Screening.Biomolecules · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundOral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is gradually increasing its incidence in our society. Unfortunately, this entity is diagnosed at an advanced stage in most patients, a fact that implies greater difficulty in its treatment and a worse prognosis. This systematic review aims to assess whether the cytokines IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α are potential salivary biomarkers that allow early diagnosis of cancer. MATERIAL AND
methodsAn electronic search was performed in three databases (Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science). We used the following keywords: "salivary cytokines", "saliva cytokines", "salivary interleukins", "biomarkers", "oral squamous cell carcinoma" and "diagnosis", combined with the Boolean operators "AND" and "OR".
results128 publications were found and finally 23 articles were included in the review and 15 in the meta-analysis. It has been observed that the majority of OSCC patients express higher salivary concentrations of IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α compared to the control (CL) and premalignant lesion (OPML) groups. It has also been observed that the different premalignant lesions do not have statistically significant differences in the salivary concentration of the cytokines, and on the other hand, differences have been observed between the different TNM stages. The meta-analysis has shown that the difference in concentration of IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α is statistically significant between the CL group and the OSCC, and also between the CL group and OPML.
conclusionsThere is sufficient evidence to affirm that IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α are useful salivary cytokines in the early diagnosis and prognosis of OSCC. Although future studies are necessary to establish greater reliability of these biomarkers and thus be able to develop a valid diagnostic test.
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