ArticleBMC oral health2023
Compositional and functional changes in the salivary microbiota related to oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma: a case control study.
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- Alterations of oral microbiome in oral potentially malignant disorders: a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic analyses uncover robust salivary microbial signatures and host-microbiome perturbations in oral squamous cell carcinoma.mSystems · 2025Pooled it
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- The oral microbiota in oral squamous cell carcinoma: unravelling mechanisms and clinical potential.Cancer cell international · 2026Review
- A Retrospective Observational Study on Oral Leukoplakia Patients Adhering to the Mediterranean Diet From Southern Italy.International dental journal · 2026Observational
- Cross-disciplinary communication between oral and gut microbiota in head and neck cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Tongue cancer microbial biomarkers: landscape of saliva, cancer tissue, and para-carcinoma tissue.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Heterogeneous mechanisms, risk stratification, and translational advances in the malignant transformation of oral potentially malignant disorders to oral squamous cell carcinoma.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Review
- Microbial metabolite 5-formamidoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribotide targets METTL1 to inhibit m7G modification of BRCA1 mRNA to inhibit high-grade serous ovarian cancer.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
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- Identification of Non-Invasive Diagnostic Markers for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Through Salivary Microbiome and Gene Expression Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Oral Microbiome as a Biomarker and Therapeutic Target in Head and Neck Cancer: Current Insights and Future Directions.Cancers · 2025Review
- Salivary Metabolomics Discloses Metabolite Signatures of Oral Leukoplakia with and Without Dysplasia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Nanocellulose-modified electrodes for simultaneous biosensing of microbiome-related oral diseases biomarkers.Mikrochimica acta · 2025Article
- The Global Trends and Advances in Oral Microbiome Research on Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Decoding oral leukoplakia: microbiome dysbiosis and inflammatory dynamics unveiled in a rat model.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Effect of a Novel Food Rich in Miraculin on the Oral Microbiome of Malnourished Oncologic Patients with Dysgeusia.Cancers · 2024Article
- Diet and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- State of the Art in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Oral Malignant and Potentially Malignant Disorders: Present Insights and Future Outlook-An Overview.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundOral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common malignant tumours with increasing incidence, and oral leukoplakia (OLK) has a strong tendency to undergo malignant transformation. The oral microbiota may influence oral cancer progression, but the salivary bacterial composition and functional changes in OSCC and OLK have not been comprehensively elucidated. Therefore, we compared salivary bacteria in OLK and OSCC patients with healthy controls (HC).
methodsMetagenomic sequencing was used to compare the bacterial composition and functional changes of 18 OSCC patients, 21 OLK patients and 21 HC. Spearman correlation was used to identify possible associations between functions and bacteria.
resultsGemella was the most differentially enriched genus in OSCC. At the species level, Streptococcus sp. NPS 308, Streptococcus agalactiae, Gemella haemolysans and Gemella morbillorum were slightly increased in OLK and OSCC. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) results showed that OSCC was mainly associated with metabolism functions, including lipid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism and glycan biosynthesis and metabolism. The synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies, cysteine and methionine metabolism and glycerolipid metabolism differed significantly among the three groups, and were highest in OSCC and lowest in HC. And G. haemolysans was significantly associated with these selected metabolic pathways.
conclusionsMetagenomic analysis revealed significant differences in the salivary microbiota among OSCC, OLK and HC. Thus, salivary microbiota composition and functional changes may be associated with OSCC progression. Metabolism of nonessential amino acids such as cysteine and methionine in bacteria may play an important role in oral oncogenesis, and more studies of the mechanism between metabolisms of bacteria and oral oncogenesis are needed in the future.
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