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ArticlePloS one2015

Nucleus Accumbens-Associated Protein 1 Expression Has Potential as a Marker for Distinguishing Oral Epithelial Dysplasia and Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Joji Sekine, Eiji Nakatani, Koichiro Ohira, Katsumi Hideshima, Takahiro Kanno, Yoshiki Nariai, Tatsuo Kagimura, Takeshi Urano

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Joji SekineDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
Eiji NakataniTranslational Research Informatics Center, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Koichiro OhiraDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
Katsumi HideshimaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
Takahiro KannoDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
Yoshiki NariaiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
Tatsuo KagimuraTranslational Research Informatics Center, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Takeshi UranoDepartment of Biochemistry, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
Shimane University · JPFoundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation · JPTranslational Research Informatics Center (Japan) · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOral epithelial dysplasia (OED) and carcinoma in situ (CIS) are defined by dysplastic cells in the epithelium. Over a third of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients present with associated OED. However, accurate histopathological diagnosis of such lesions is difficult. Nucleus accumbens-associated protein 1 (NAC1) is a member of the Pox virus and Zinc finger/Bric-a-brac Tramtrack Broad complex family of proteins, and is overexpressed in OSCC. This study aimed to determine whether NAC1 has the potential to be used as a marker to distinguish OED and OSCC. METHODS AND

findingsThe study included 114 patients (64 men, 50 women). There were 67, 10, and 37 patients with OED, CIS, and OSCC, respectively. NAC1 labeling indices (LIs) and immunoreactivity intensities (IRI) were evaluated. The patients' pathological classification was significantly associated with age, sex, NAC1 LIs, and NAC1 IRI (p = 0.025, p = 0.022, p < 0.001, and p < 0.001, respectively). As a result of multivariate analysis, a predictive model was made; this identified the NAC1 LIs (OR [95% CI] 1.18 [1.11-1.28], p < 0.001) and NAC1 IRI (0.78 [0.68-0.86], p < 0.001) as predictive factors for CIS/OSCC. The NAC1 LIs/IRI cut-off values which discriminated between OED and CIS/OSCC were 50%/124 pixels. For NAC1 LIs with > 50% positivity the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were 0.766, 0.910, 0.857, and 0.847, respectively. For NAC1 IRI with ≤ 124 positive pixels, the sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV were 0.787, 0.866, 0.804, and 0.853, respectively. Though there are several potential limitations to this study and the results were obtained from a retrospective analysis of a single site cohort, the data suggest that the NAC1 LIs/IRI is a strong predictor of CIS/OSCC.

conclusionsNAC1 has potential as a marker for distinguishing OED from CIS/OSCC.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Squamous CellDiagnosis, DifferentialEpitheliumFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMouth NeoplasmsNeoplasm ProteinsRepressor ProteinsRetrospective StudiesBiomarkers, TumorNACC1 protein, humanNeoplasm ProteinsRepressor Proteins

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PMID26172271
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