Title
Association of salivary inflammatory biomarkers with primary Sjögren's syndrome
Date Issued
01 October 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Serrano J.
Virto L.
Sanz M.
Ramírez L.
Fernández-Castro M.
Hernández G.
López-Pintor R.M.
Publisher(s)
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract
Background: Primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disease that leads to salivary and lacrimal gland dysfunction. The adaptive immune response associated with T helper-2 lymphocytes appears to be altered in these patients. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the salivary levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-5, and IL-4 in patients with pSS when compared to a healthy control (HC) group. The secondary objectives were to study whether ILs levels in pSS patients were associated with salivary flow, patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) for xerostomia and oral health quality of life (Oral Health Impact Profile-14 [OHIP-14]), pSS classification criteria and presence of extraglandular manifestations. Methods: A case-control study was conducted in 36 patients with pSS and 35 HCs. Cytokine levels were measured using high-sensitivity multiplex map human immunoassays. Unstimulated and stimulated whole saliva were collected and patients filled out questionnaires. The Mann-Whitney U test, chi-squared test, and Spearman correlation test were used. Results: Interleukin-6 was significantly higher in pSS patients than in HCs (P =.0001). IL-6 was significantly higher in pSS patients with a positive salivary gland biopsy (P =.04), whole stimulated saliva hyposalivation (P =.02), and presence of musculoskeletal disorders (P =.03). There was a non-significant positive correlation between IL-6 levels and PROMs for xerostomia (r =.31; P =.06) and OHIP-14 (r =.07; P =.68) in pSS patients. Levels of IL-4 and IL-5 were not detected in both pSS and HCs patients. Conclusions: Salivary IL-6 levels are significantly associated with pSS patients, and therefore, it is hypothesized that this biomarker may be useful in the diagnosis and follow-up of this disease.
Start page
940
End page
947
Volume
49
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Odontología, Cirugía oral, Medicina oral
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85087318235
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine
ISSN of the container
09042512
Source funding
Source project
Sponsor(s)
This study has been funded by Fondecyt, an initiative of the National Council for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC). Contract No. 227‐2015‐FONDECYT. We thank Peter Christensen and Elizabeth Christensen for reviewing the English language version of the manuscript.
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