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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2024

What can we learn from treatments of oral lichen planus?

Tingting Wu, Yang Bai, Yin Jing, Fangchun Chen

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
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  4. Different Approaches to Oral Lichen Planus Treatment: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  5. Treatments in oral lichen planus: a review.Frontiers in oral health · 2026
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  13. Use of JAK Inhibitors in Lichen Planus: An Update.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025
    Review
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  19. Rekindling the role of plasma Vitamin BJournal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFP
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tingting WuStomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Yang BaiStomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Yin JingStomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Fangchun ChenStomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CNThe Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral lichen planus (OLP), a T-lymphocyte-mediated disease of the oral mucosa, has a complex pathogenesis that involves a number of factors. The disease is characterized by recurrent episodes and requires continuous follow up, and there is no curative treatment available. Erosive lichen planus, among others, has a risk of malignant transformation and requires standardized treatment to control its progression. Different clinical subtypes of oral lichen planus require appropriate treatment. Pharmacological treatments are the most widely available and have the greatest variety of options and a number of novel pharmacological treatments are presented as highlights, including JAK enzyme inhibitors. The second is photodynamic therapy, which is the leading physiological treatment. In addition, periodontal treatment and psychological treatment should not be neglected. In this review, we briefly discuss the most recent developments in therapies for oral lichen planus after summarizing the most widely used clinical treatments, aiming to provide different proposals for future clinical treatment.

Indexed as

Lichen Planus, OralCell Transformation, NeoplasticHumanserosive typemicrobesnonpharmacological treatmentoral lichen planuspharmacological treatment

Identifiers

PMID38426013
PMCPMC10902003
OpenAlexW4391837882

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