Trial reportPloS one2015
Co-Expression of TWIST1 and ZEB2 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Is Associated with Poor Survival.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of Epithelial to Mesenchymal transition Markers on Prognosis and Clinicopathological Characteristics in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Head and neck pathology · 2025Pooled it
- Serum exosomal miR-192-5p as a novel predictive biomarker for immunochemotherapy response in advanced non-small cell lung cancer.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- EMT and cancer: what clinicians should know.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2025Review
- Opposite patterns of association of TWIST1 expression with patient survival in SHH and Group 4 medulloblastoma.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Article
- CAFs-derived TIAM1 Promotes OSCC Cell Growth and Metastasis by Regulating ZEB2.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2025Article
- Evaluating the link between periodontitis and oral squamous cell carcinoma through Wnt/β-catenin pathway: a critical review.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Review
- Expression Profiling of EMT Transcriptional Regulators ZEB1 and ZEB2 in Different Histopathological Grades of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients.Current genomics · 2024Article
- Review
- NCBP2 and TFRC are novel prognostic biomarkers in oral squamous cell carcinoma.Cancer gene therapy · 2023Article
- A TNFR1-UBCH10 axis drives lung squamous cell carcinoma dedifferentiation and metastasis through a cell-autonomous signaling loop.Cell death & disease · 2022Article
- ZEB2/TWIST1/PRMT5/NuRD Multicomplex Contributes to the Epigenetic Regulation of EMT and Metastasis in Colorectal Carcinoma.Cancers · 2022Article
- Emerging Role of miR-345 and Its Effective Delivery as a Potential Therapeutic Candidate in Pancreatic Cancer and Other Cancers.Pharmaceutics · 2021Review
- Twist1 Influences the Expression of Leading Members of the IL-17 Signaling Pathway in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- ZEB2 regulates endocrine therapy sensitivity and metastasis in luminal a breast cancer cells through a non-canonical mechanism.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2021Article
- Immunohistochemical Expression of Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Proteins in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity.Iranian journal of pathology · 2021Article
- Characterization of Copy Number Variations in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma Reveals a Novel Role for MLLT3 in Cell Invasiveness.The oncologist · 2019Article
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- Matrix stiffness mechanically conditions EMT and migratory behavior of oral squamous cell carcinoma.Journal of cell science · 2019Article
- The investigation of transcriptional repression mediated by ZEB2 in canine invasive micropapillary carcinoma in mammary gland.PloS one · 2019Article
- Role of epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers E-cadherin, N-cadherin, β-catenin and ZEB2 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.Oncology letters · 2018Article
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Abstract
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is an aggressive disease accounting for more than 260,000 cancer cases diagnosed and 128,000 deaths worldwide. A large majority of cancer deaths result from cancers that have metastasized beyond the primary tumor. The relationship between genetic changes and clinical outcome can reflect the biological events that promote cancer's aggressive behavior, and these can serve as molecular markers for improved patient management and survival. To this end, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a major process that promotes tumor invasion and metastasis, making EMT-related proteins attractive diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets. In this study, we used immunohistochemistry to study the expression of a panel of transcription factors (TWIST1, SNAI1/2, ZEB1 and ZEB2) and other genes intimately related to EMT (CDH1 and LAMC2) at the invasive tumor front of OSCC tissues. The association between the expression of these proteins and clinico-pathological parameters were examined with Pearson Chi-square and correlation with survival was analyzed using Kaplan Meier analysis. Our results demonstrate that there was a significant differential expression of CDH1, LAMC2, SNAI1/2 and TWIST1 between OSCC and normal oral mucosa (NOM). Specifically, CDH1 loss was significantly associated with Broder's grading, while diffused LAMC2 was similarly associated with non-cohesive pattern of invasion. Notably, co-expression of TWIST1 and ZEB2 in OSCC was significantly associated with poorer overall survival, particularly in patients without detectable lymph node metastasis. This study demonstrates that EMT-related proteins are differentially expressed in OSCC and that the co-expression of TWIST1 and ZEB2 could be of clinical value in identifying patients with poor survival for appropriate patient management.
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