Evaluation of the serum levels of galectin-3 in patients with oral lichen planus disease.

The elevation of galectin-3 in OLP is a future tool to increase the knowledge about the possible etiology of the disease and may be helpful to differentiate atrophic/erosive lesions from reticular ones. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study evaluated the serum galectin-3 levels in OLP.