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Evaluation of salivary vimentin in oral erosive lichen planus, oral leukoplakia, oral squamous cell carcinoma and healthy subjects using ELISA.

Journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFP · Arjun O, Rathy R, Neena A · 2026-04-01

Researchers measured salivary vimentin levels using ELISA across healthy individuals and patients with oral erosive lichen planus, oral leukoplakia, and oral squamous cell carcinoma, finding statistically significant differences between groups and correlations with cancer severity and dysplasia grades.

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