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ArticleFrontiers in oral health2024

Animal models to study the pathogenesis and novel therapeutics of oral lichen planus.

Youngnim Choi

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Article in Frontiers in oral health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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Youngnim ChoiDepartment of Immunology and Molecular Microbiology in Dental Science, Seoul National University School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a prevalent oral mucosal disease characterized by an unknown etiology and a complex pathogenesis. Patients with OLP endure a chronic course marked by alternating non-erosive and erosive lesions, with no definitive cure currently available. Particularly challenging is the treatment of recalcitrant erosive OLP, highlighting an urgent need for therapies targeting specific pathogenic pathways. In diseases like OLP, where the etiopathogenesis is intricate and elusive, animal models are indispensable for hypothesis testing and elucidating disease mechanisms. To date, only three animal models for oral lichenoid lesions have been reported in the literature. This Perspective paper evaluates these existing models, along with a novel OLP mouse model introduced at the 3rd International Conference on Oral Mucosal Immunity and Microbiome. The validity of these models is critically assessed, and their potential future applications in advancing our understanding of OLP are discussed.

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animal modeloral lichen planuspathogenesistherapeuticsvalidity

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PMID38783985
PMCPMC11111855

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