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ArticleBiomedicines2020

Examination of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Precancerous Lesions Using Proximity Extension Assay and Salivary RNA Quantification.

Beáta Scholtz, Doan Vo Minh, Csongor Kiss, Ildikó Tar, Ajneesh Kumar, József Tőzsér, Éva Csősz, Ildikó Márton

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Article in Biomedicines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Focus on Biomarkers for Screening.Journal of dentistry (Shiraz, Iran) · 2024
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8 authors.

Beáta ScholtzGenomic Medicine and Bioinformatic Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Doan Vo MinhBiomarker Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Csongor KissDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-5170-5965
Ildikó TarDepartment of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Ajneesh KumarBiomarker Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-5513-4135
József TőzsérProteomics Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-5076-8729
Éva CsőszBiomarker Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-4373-2175
Ildikó MártonDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.

Funding

Hungarian Academy of Sciences János Bolyai Research ScholarshipHungarian Scientific Research Fund 105034
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Saliva is an easy-to access body fluid with high diagnostic potential. The utilization of saliva for oral cancer diagnosis can be an attractive possibility. Besides the oral cancer, it is important to better understand the precancerous lesions such as oral lichen planus (OLP) and leukoplakia (OLK). In order to examine the changes of salivary proteins in controls, patients with oral cancer, and patients with precancerous conditions, proximity extension assay was utilized. Some proteins and functions were characteristic to the examined groups and can serve as a starting point for further biomarker studies. The different nature of OLK and OLP was demonstrated, showing the malignant transformation and the inflammation as the prominent biological processes in the OLK and OLP, respectively. The salivary level of IL6 was verified using quantitative ELISA and the mRNA level was also studied. Elevated IL6 levels could be detected in precancerous groups compared to controls.

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mRNAoral cancerprecancerous lesionsproximity extension assaysaliva

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PMID33327496
PMCPMC7764999

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