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Erschienen in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 2/2011

01.02.2011 | Original Paper

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ in mobile tongue squamous cell carcinoma: associations with clinicopathological parameters and patients survival

verfasst von: Stamatios Theocharis, Jerzy Klijanienko, Constantinos Giaginis, Jose Rodriguez, Thomas Jouffroy, Angelique Girod, Daniel Point, Gerasimos Tsourouflis, Xavier Satre-Garau

Erschienen in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology | Ausgabe 2/2011

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Abstract

Purpose

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) is a ligand-activated transcription factor, implicated in various aspects of cancer biology, such as differentiation, proliferation, invasion and angiogenesis. The present study aimed to evaluate the clinical significance of PPAR-γ in mobile tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Methods

PPAR-γ protein expression was assessed immunohistochemically on 49 mobile tongue SCC tissue samples obtained from an equal number of patients. PPAR-γ expression and intensity of immunostaining were statistically analyzed in relation with clinicopathological characteristics, mitotic index and patients’ survival.

Results

Elevated PPAR-γ expression was more frequently observed in patients with reduced depth of invasion (P = 0.0111). Moderate/intense PPAR-γ staining intensity was more frequently observed in patients with no evidence of muscular infiltration (P = 0.0229) and reduced depth of invasion (P = 0.0176). Mobile tongue SCC patients presenting enhanced PPAR-γ expression had significantly longer overall and disease-free survival times compared to those with low PPAR-γ expression (log-rank test, P = 0.0162 and P = 0.0114, respectively).

Conclusions

PPAR-γ immunoreactivity in mobile tongue SCC was correlated with clinicopathological characteristics crucial for patients’ management and prognosis. PPAR-γ may be considered as a useful prognostic marker in mobile tongue SCC and a potential therapeutic target for tongue cancer chemoprevention and treatment.
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Metadaten
Titel
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ in mobile tongue squamous cell carcinoma: associations with clinicopathological parameters and patients survival
verfasst von
Stamatios Theocharis
Jerzy Klijanienko
Constantinos Giaginis
Jose Rodriguez
Thomas Jouffroy
Angelique Girod
Daniel Point
Gerasimos Tsourouflis
Xavier Satre-Garau
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2011
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology / Ausgabe 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0171-5216
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1335
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-010-0882-z

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