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ArticleHistochemistry and cell biology2018

Endorsing cellular competitiveness in aberrant epithelium of oral submucous fibrosis progression: neighbourhood analysis of immunohistochemical attributes.

Anji Anura, Anees Kazi, Mousumi Pal, Ranjan Rashmi Paul, Sanghamitra Sengupta, Jyotirmoy Chatterjee

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Article in Histochemistry and cell biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Anji AnuraSchool of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721 302, India. anji.anura7@gmail.com.
Anees KaziSchool of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721 302, India.
Mousumi PalGuru Nanak Institute of Dental Science and Research, 157/F Nilgunj Road, Panihati, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700114, India.
Ranjan Rashmi PaulGuru Nanak Institute of Dental Science and Research, 157/F Nilgunj Road, Panihati, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700114, India.
Sanghamitra SenguptaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700073, India.
Jyotirmoy ChatterjeeSchool of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721 302, India.
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur · INTechnical University of Munich · DEUniversity of Calcutta · IN

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Abstract

Epithelial abnormality during the transformation of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) into oral squamous cell carcinoma has been well studied and documented. However, the differential contribution of atrophy and hyperplasia for malignant potentiality of OSF is yet to be resolved. Existing diagnostic conjectures lack precise diagnostic attributes which may be effectively resolved by substantiation of specific molecular pathology signatures. Present study elucidates existence of cellular competitiveness in OSF conditions using computer-assisted neighbourhood analysis in quantitative immunohistochemistry (IHC) framework. The concept of field cancerization was contributory in finding correspondence among neighbouring cells of epithelial layers with reference to differential expression of cardinal cancer-related genes [c-Myc (oncogene), p53 (tumour suppressor), and HIF-1α (hypoxia regulator)] which are known to be important sensors in recognizing cellular competitive interface. Our analyses indicate that different states of OSF condition may be associated with different forms of competitiveness within epithelial neighbouring cells which might be responsible to shape the present and future of the pre-malignant condition. Analytical findings indicated association of atrophic epithelium with stress-driven competitive environment having low c-Myc, high-p53, and stable HIF-1α (the looser cells) which undergo apoptosis. Whereas, the cells with high c-Myc

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Carcinoma, Squamous CellDisease ProgressionEpitheliumHumansImmunohistochemistryMouth NeoplasmsOral Submucous FibrosisCompetition and cooperationComputer-assisted quantitation frameworkNeighbourhood analysisOral submucous fibrosisQuantitative immunohistochemistry features

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