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Plasma N-acylethanolamine and endocannabinoid levels in burning mouth syndrome: Potential role in disease pathogenesis

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine, March 2018
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Title
Plasma N-acylethanolamine and endocannabinoid levels in burning mouth syndrome: Potential role in disease pathogenesis
Published in
Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine, March 2018
DOI 10.1111/jop.12692
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Alison Barry, Ken D. O'Halloran, Joseph P. McKenna, Christine McCreary, Brendan Harhen, Daniel M. Kerr, David P. Finn, Eric J. Downer

Abstract

The objective was to measure endocannabinoid (eCB) ligands and non-cannabinoid N-acylethanolamine (NAE) molecules in plasma from individuals with burning mouth syndrome (BMS), and to determine if plasma eCB/NAE levels correlated with pain, inflammation and depressive symptomatology in this cohort. Plasma content of the eCBs, anandamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol (2-AG), and the NAE molecules, palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and oleolylethanolamide (OEA), were assessed in healthy subjects (n=8) and in a cohort of newly diagnosed BMS patients (n=9) using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Plasma eCBs and NAE profiles were correlated with self-rated oral cavity pain intensities, depressive symptomatology and plasma IL-8 levels. Plasma levels of PEA, but not OEA, AEA or 2-AG, were significantly elevated in patients with BMS, when compared to plasma from healthy individuals. Plasma PEA, OEA and AEA levels correlated with depressive symptomatology. This is the first evidence to indicate that circulating eCB/NAE levels are altered in BMS. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 28 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 7 25%
Other 3 11%
Researcher 3 11%
Unspecified 2 7%
Professor 2 7%
Other 3 11%
Unknown 8 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 50%
Unspecified 2 7%
Neuroscience 2 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 8 29%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 February 2018.
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#13,867,390
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Outputs from Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine
#426
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#173,821
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine
#4
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