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ArticleOncology reports2013

Human papillomavirus infection in head and neck cancer: the role of the secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor.

Markus Hoffmann, Elgar S Quabius, Silke Tribius, Lena Hebebrand, Tibor Görögh, Gordana Halec, Tomas Kahn, Jürgen Hedderich, Christoph Röcken, Jochen Haag and 4 more

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Article in Oncology reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Markus HoffmannDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. mhoffmann@hno.uni-kiel.de
Elgar S Quabius
Silke Tribius
Lena Hebebrand
Tibor Görögh
Gordana Halec
Tomas Kahn
Jürgen Hedderich
Christoph Röcken
Jochen Haag
Tim Waterboer
Markus Schmitt
Anna R Giuliano
W Martin Kast
Kiel University · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEDeutsche Bank (Germany) · DEMoffitt Cancer Center · USUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Lübeck · DEUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

VLP VACCINES AGAINST HPV INDUCED TUMORSR01CA074397 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI KAST, WIJBE MARTIN · 1997 to 2020
$5.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA074397NCI NIH HHS R01 CA74397-13
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We previously showed that secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) gene and protein expression is significantly lower in metastatic versus non-metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, we did not assess the human papillomavirus (HPV) status of these cases. Since SLPI plays a role in HIV and herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections, we hypothesized that SLPI may be involved in HPV-infected HNSCC. In HNSCC tissue (n=54), HPV DNA was determined and correlated with SLPI expression. Additionally, to investigate a possible role of smoking on SLPI expression in clinically normal mucosa, 19 patients treated for non‑malignant diseases (non-HNSCC) were analyzed for SLPI expression and correlated with smoking habits. In HNSCC patients, SLPI expression showed a significant inverse correlation with HPV status. In patients with moderate/strong SLPI expression (n=19), 10.5% were HPV-positive. By contrast, patients with absent/weak SLPI expression (n=35), 45.7% were HPV-positive. Low SLPI expression was correlated with metastasis (P=0.003) independent of HPV status. HPV-positivity was clearly associated with lymph node status (81.3% N1-3 cases). In smoking non-HNSCC patients (n=7), 42.9% showed absent/weak and 57.1% moderate/strong SLPI staining. In non-smoking non-HNSCC patients (n=10) 83.3% showed absent/weak and 16.7% moderate/strong SLPI expression. For the first time, a correlation between SLPI downregulation and HPV infection was demonstrated, suggesting that high levels of SLPI, possibly induced by environmental factors such as tobacco smoking, correlate with protective effects against HPV infection. SLPI may be a potential biomarker identifying head and neck cancer patients not at risk of developing metastases (SLPI-positive), and those at risk to be infected by HPV (SLPI-negative) and likely to develop metastases.

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AdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorDNA, ViralDown-RegulationFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansLeukocytesLymph NodesMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsProtease InhibitorsBiomarkers, TumorDNA, ViralProtease InhibitorsSecretory Leukocyte Peptidase InhibitorSLPI protein, human

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PMID23467841
PMCPMC3658815
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