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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2018

SUZ12 is a novel putative oncogene promoting tumorigenesis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Yaping Wu, Huijun Hu, Wei Zhang, Zhongwu Li, Pengfei Diao, Dongmiao Wang, Wei Zhang, Yanling Wang, Jianrong Yang, Jie Cheng

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yaping WuJiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Huijun HuJiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Wei ZhangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Zhongwu LiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Pengfei DiaoJiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Dongmiao WangDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Oral Pathology, School of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Yanling WangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Jianrong YangDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Jie ChengJiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1933-353X
Nanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The suppressor of zest 12 (SUZ12), one of the core polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) components, has increasingly appreciated as a key mediator during human tumorigenesis. However, its expression pattern and oncogenic roles in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remain largely unexplored yet. Here, we sought to determine its expression pattern, clinicopathological significance and biological roles in HNSCC. Through data mining and interrogation from multiple publicly available databases, our bioinformatics analyses revealed that SUZ12 mRNA was significantly overexpressed in multiple HNSCC patient cohorts. Moreover, SUZ12 protein was markedly up-regulated in primary HNSCC samples from our patient cohort as assessed by immunohistochemical staining and its overexpression significantly associated with cervical node metastasis and reduced overall and disease-free survival. In the 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4NQO)-induced HNSCC mouse model, increased SUZ12 immunostaining was observed along with disease progression from epithelial hyperplasia to squamous cell carcinoma in tongue. Furthermore, shRNA-mediated SUZ12 knock-down significantly inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion in HNSCC cells, and resulted in compromised tumour growth in vivo. Collectively, our data reveal that SUZ12 might serve as a putative oncogene by promoting cell proliferation, migration and invasion, and also a novel biomarker with diagnostic and prognostic significance for HNSCC.

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AgedAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansLymphatic MetastasisMaleMice, NudeMiddle AgedNeoplasm ProteinsOncogenesPolycomb Repressive Complex 2Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckTranscription FactorsNeoplasm ProteinsPolycomb Repressive Complex 2SUZ12 protein, humanTranscription Factorsbiomarkerhead and neck squamous cell carcinomapolycomb repressive complexSUZ12

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