title: Host-Microbiome Cross-talk in Oral Mucositis.
abstract: Oral mucositis (OM) is among the most common, painful, and debilitating toxicities of cancer regimen-related treatment, resulting in the formation of ulcers, which are susceptible to increased colonization of microorganisms. Novel discoveries in OM have focused on understanding the host-microbial interactions, because current pathways have shown that major virulence factors from microorganisms have the potential to contribute to the development of OM and may even prolong the existence of already established ulcerations, affecting tissue healing. Additional comprehensive and disciplined clinical investigation is needed to carefully characterize the relationship between the clinical trajectory of OM, the local levels of inflammatory changes (both clinical and molecular), and the ebb and flow of the oral microbiota. Answering such questions will increase our knowledge of the mechanisms engaged by the oral immune system in response to mucositis, facilitating their translation into novel therapeutic approaches. In doing so, directed clinical strategies can be developed that specifically target those times and tissues that are most susceptible to intervention.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY, USA Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA New York University Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sanfilippo
authors.affiliation: The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA Department of Oral Medicine, Infection & Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Paster
authors.affiliation: College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.affiliation: College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ramalho
authors.affiliation: College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA New York University Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Biomodels, LLC, Watertown, MA, USA Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Sonis
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY, USA Patricia.Corby@nyumc.org.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Corby
mesh_terms: D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Toll-like receptor; cancer; cancer complications; damage-associated molecular pattern; oral microbiome; pathogen-associated molecular pattern