Aquaporin3 (AQP3) expression in oral epithelium in oral lichen planus.

This study for the first time compares the expression of the aquaporin-3 (AQP3) gene in oral tissues of a group of OLP patients and a control group. In this study, 30 OLP patients and 30 healthy individuals were selected. The expression of AQP3 gene was measured using Real-Time PCR method. The expression of the gene in the OLP patients was more than the control group. It could be argued that decreased salivation increases the level of expression of the AQP3 gene in an effort to compensate for this deficiency and prevent the onset of xerostomia (compensatory up-regulation). PMID: 32289285 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Experimental and Molecular Pathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Exp Mol Pathol Source Type: research