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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Epstein-Barr Virus in Salivary Samples from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Oral Lesions.

Alessio Buonavoglia, Patrizia Leone, Marcella Prete, Antonio Giovanni Solimando, Chiara Guastadisegno, Gianvito Lanave, Michele Camero, Vito Martella, Lorenzo Lo Muzio, Vito Racanelli

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alessio BuonavogliaUnit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1044-2027
Patrizia LeoneUnit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0904-1074
Marcella PreteUnit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Antonio Giovanni SolimandoUnit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2293-9698
Chiara GuastadisegnoUnit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Gianvito LanaveDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, 70010 Valenzano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4614-677X
Michele CameroDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, 70010 Valenzano, Italy.
Vito MartellaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, 70010 Valenzano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5740-6947
Lorenzo Lo MuzioDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4633-4893
Vito RacanelliUnit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8639-1940
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITIstituto Tumori Bari · ITUniversity of Foggia · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to investigate the possible role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its associated oral lesions, a pilot case-control study was performed. A total of 31 patients (18 females and 13 males) were enrolled in the study and divided into two groups: group A included 16 patients with diagnosis of SLE and group B included 15 healthy individuals. Salivary swab samples were collected and subjected to molecular screening by real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) for the detection of EBV DNA. EBV DNA was significantly detected in 8/16 (50%) SLE patients and in 5/7 (71.4%) subjects with SLE-associated oral lesions. Since EBV is one of the most common viruses in the human population, it is difficult to understand if it is the causative agent of SLE or, vice versa, if SLE is able to trigger the reactivation of EBV. This study highlights a significant association between the presence of EBV and both SLE and SLE-related oral lesions and provides rationale for further investigation into the role of EBV in SLE pathogenesis.

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Epstein–Barr virusoral lesionssystemic lupus erythematosus

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PMID34768514
PMCPMC8584540
OpenAlexW3211263690

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