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Erschienen in: Cancer Microenvironment 1-3/2017

02.11.2017 | Original Article

Prognostic Prediction of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by E-Cadherin and N-Cadherin Expression in Overall Cells in Tumor Nests or Tumor Cells at the Invasive Front

verfasst von: Yuu Ozaki-Honda, Sachiko Seki, Mutsunori Fujiwara, Masaaki Matsuura, Shuichi Fujita, Hisazumi Ikeda, Masahiro Umeda, Takao Ayuse, Tohru Ikeda

Erschienen in: Cancer Microenvironment | Ausgabe 1-3/2017

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Abstract

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a significant process in the invasion and metastasis of cancers including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), and the cadherin switch has been identified as one of the hallmarks of EMT. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the significance of the cadherin switch in the prognosis of OSCC and generate a model for prognostic predictions. Seventy-six biopsy and/or initial surgical specimens from OSCC patients were immunohistochemically analyzed for the expression of E-cadherin and N-cadherin in either overall OSCC cells in tumor nests or in OSCC cells at the invasive front. Among 76 OSCC cases, overall OSCC cells in tumor nests were negative for the expression of E-cadherin in 10 cases and positive for that of N-cadherin in 53 cases. Among 10 cases negative for the expression of E-cadherin, 4 cases were positive for that of N-cadherin. In OSCC cells at the invasive front, the expression of E-cadherin was negative in 62 cases, while that of N-cadherin was positive in 39 cases. Among 62 cases negative for the expression of E-cadherin, 33 cases were positive for that of N-cadherin. A logistic regression analysis showed that a model using the evaluation of N-cadherin expression in overall OSCC cells in tumor nests with a cut-off point of 70 years old was the best fit model. These results suggest that N-cadherin has significant value in prognostic predictions for OSCC patients.
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Metadaten
Titel
Prognostic Prediction of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by E-Cadherin and N-Cadherin Expression in Overall Cells in Tumor Nests or Tumor Cells at the Invasive Front
verfasst von
Yuu Ozaki-Honda
Sachiko Seki
Mutsunori Fujiwara
Masaaki Matsuura
Shuichi Fujita
Hisazumi Ikeda
Masahiro Umeda
Takao Ayuse
Tohru Ikeda
Publikationsdatum
02.11.2017
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Cancer Microenvironment / Ausgabe 1-3/2017
Print ISSN: 1875-2292
Elektronische ISSN: 1875-2284
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12307-017-0201-1

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