Group 1 and 3 innate lymphoid cells are increased in oral lichen planus and oral lichenoid lesions.

Lei Pan Minghua FengJunjun ChenShu DengXiaozhe HanYu-Feng Wang Guo-Yao Tang

Published in: Oral diseases (2022)

The results of increased ILC1, decreased ILC2, and increased ILC3 suggested that changes of ILC distributions in oral mucosa may be relevant to persistent inflammation in local tissues, by promoting immune factors and weakening repair capacity.

Keyphrases

nk cells
induced apoptosis
oxidative stress
gene expression
cell cycle arrest
signaling pathway
cell death