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ArticleClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2017

Differential BMI1, TWIST1, SNAI2 mRNA expression pattern correlation with malignancy type in a spectrum of common cutaneous malignancies: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma.

F Vand-Rajabpour, N Sadeghipour, S Saee-Rad, H Fathi, P Noormohammadpour, M Yaseri, K K Hesari, Z Bagherpour, M Tabrizi

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Article in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2017. 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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F Vand-RajabpourMedical Genetics Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6447, Tehran, 14176-13151, Iran.
N SadeghipourMedical Genetics Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6447, Tehran, 14176-13151, Iran.
S Saee-RadDietary Supplements and Probiotic Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
H FathiPlastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Department, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
P NoormohammadpourTumor Clinic, Pathology Department and the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Razi Dermatology Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
M YaseriEpidemiology and Biostatistics Department, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
K K HesariTumor Clinic, Pathology Department and the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Razi Dermatology Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Z BagherpourMedical Genetics Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6447, Tehran, 14176-13151, Iran.
M TabriziMedical Genetics Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6447, Tehran, 14176-13151, Iran. tabrizi@tums.ac.ir.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRRazi Hospital · IRAlborz University of Medical Sciences

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMelanoma, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) can be used as a unique model to identify molecular mechanisms to distinguish rarely metastatic (BCC), often metastatic (SCC) and most metastatic (melanoma) cancer. It is known that epithelial-mesenchymal transition and stemness transcription factors (TWIST1, SNAI2/SLUG, and BMI1) play an important role in metastasis and their dysregulation has been demonstrated in metastatic cancers. We hypothesized that this spectrum of cutaneous cancers (BCC, SCC, and melanoma) would be a unique cancer model system to elucidate steps toward cancer invasion and metastasis.

methodsWe evaluated the mRNA expression level of BMI1, TWIST1, and SNAI2/SLUG and studied clinicopathological features in 170 skin cancers along with normal tissue samples.

resultsWe demonstrate downregulation of BMI1 mRNA expression in BCC samples compared with controls (p = 0.0001), SCC (p = 0.001), and melanoma (p = 0.0001) samples. Downregulation of TWIST1 mRNA expression is seen in only BCC samples compared with controls (p = 0.031). High SNAI2 mRNA expression is represented in melanoma samples compared with controls (p = 0.022) and SCC samples (p = 0.031). High mRNA expression of TWIST1 is seen in patients with positive history of cancers. Extremely low mRNA expression of BMI1 is detected in patients with positive history of cancers other than skin cancer.

conclusionsThese findings provide support for the hypothesis that the spectrum of cutaneous cancers could be better understood as a series of gene dosage-dependent entities with distinct molecular events. Oncogene-induced senescence, mechanism of which is still unclear, could be one explanation for these results.

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Basal Cell CarcinomaBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Squamous CellCase-Control StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingNuclear ProteinsPolycomb Repressive Complex 1PrognosisReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionBiomarkers, TumorBMI1 protein, humanNuclear ProteinsPolycomb Repressive Complex 1RNA, MessengerSNAI2 protein, humanSnail Family Transcription FactorsTWIST1 protein, humanTwist-Related Protein 1BMI1Epithelial–mesenchymal transitionMetastasisSNAI2/SLUGStemnessTWIST1

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