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ArticleOncology letters2015

Immunohistochemical study of vascular endothelial growth factor-C/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 expression in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma: Correlation with the induction of lymphangiogenesis.

Tomofumi Naruse, Souichi Yanamoto, Shin-Ichi Yamada, Hidenori Takahashi, Yuki Matsushita, Naomi Imayama, Hisazumi Ikeda, Takeshi Shiraishi, Shuichi Fujita, Tohru Ikeda and 2 more

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Article in Oncology letters, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomofumi NaruseDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Souichi YanamotoDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Shin-Ichi YamadaDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Hidenori TakahashiDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Yuki MatsushitaDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Naomi ImayamaDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Hisazumi IkedaDepartment of Regenerative Oral Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Takeshi ShiraishiDepartment of Regenerative Oral Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Shuichi FujitaDepartment of Oral Pathology and Bone Metabolism, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Tohru IkedaDepartment of Oral Pathology and Bone Metabolism, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Izumi AsahinaDepartment of Regenerative Oral Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Masahiro UmedaDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
University of Nagasaki · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to elucidate the associations between the expression of the vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C)/VEGF receptor-3 (VEGFR-3) axis and lymphangiogenesis, regional lymph node metastasis and clinicopathological factors in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) using immunohistochemistry. The expression of VEGF-C, VEGFR-3 and podoplanin was immunohistochemically evaluated in specimens obtained from 65 patients with OTSCC (T1-2, N0) who had undergone radical surgery alone. The associations between the expression of VEGF-C, VEGFR-3 and podoplanin, and lymphangiogenesis, regional lymph node metastasis and clinocopathological factors were determined by immunohistochemical analysis. VEGF-C, VEGFR-3 and combined VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 expression was significantly higher in cases with regional recurrence compared with those without lymph node involvement (P<0.001). As regards lymphangiogenesis, a significant correlation was observed between podoplanin expression and VEGF-C, VEGFR-3 and combined VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 expression (P<0.001). Therefore, lymphangiogenesis in the peritumoral stroma was associated with lymph node metastasis. However, podoplanin expression did not exhibit a significant correlation with the progression of lymph node metastasis. The results of the present study suggest that the VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 axis may be associated with lymph node metastasis through lymphangiogenesis. Determining the VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 expression status may help predict which patients will develop regional recurrence and provide novel targets for therapies to suppress lymph node metastasis in the treatment of OTSCC.

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podoplaninregional recurrencetongue cancervascular endothelial growth factor-Cvascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3

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