ArticleCells2021
KLF4, Slug and EMT in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
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- CYP4B1 inhibits lung adenocarcinoma metastasis by downregulating slug transcription via Sp1.Clinical & experimental metastasis · 2026Article
- From immunosuppression to immune reprogramming: is triptolide a potential "immune reset" agent in autoimmune diseases?Immunologic research · 2025Review
- LINC01518 functions as an oncogene in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) by modulating miR-1-3p/Slug and miR-216b-5p/GRP78 axis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Habitat radiomics predicts occult lymph node metastasis and uncovers immune microenvironment of head and neck cancer.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Patient-Derived Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Support the Colonization of Tumor Cells in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Circulating tumor cells: from new biological insights to clinical practice.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024Review
- KLF4 Induces Colorectal Cancer by Promoting EMT via STAT3 Activation.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024Article
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Inhibition of Mesenchymal Transdifferentiated Tumor Cells in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Extra-Cellular Vesicles Derived from Thyroid Cancer Cells Promote the Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and the Transfer of Malignant Phenotypes through Immune Mediated Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Interplay between Partial EMT and Cisplatin Resistance as the Drivers for Recurrence in HNSCC.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- EMT-related transcription factors and protein stabilization mechanisms involvement in cadherin switch of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Experimental cell research · 2022Article
- Opposing Roles of Wild-type and Mutant p53 in the Process of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022Review
- HLA Class I Downregulation in Progressing Metastases of Melanoma Patients Treated With Ipilimumab.Pathology oncology research : POR · 2022Article
- SLUG-related partial epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition is a transcriptomic prognosticator of head and neck cancer survival.Molecular oncology · 2022Article
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is clinically relevant in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). We hypothesized that EMT-transcription factors (EMT-TFs) and an anti-EMT factor, Krüppel-like-factor-4 (KLF4) regulate EMT in HNSCC. Ten control mucosa and 37 HNSCC tissue samples and three HNSCC cell lines were included for investigation of EMT-TFs, KLF4 and vimentin at mRNA and protein levels. Slug gene expression was significantly higher, whereas, KLF4 gene expression was significantly lower in HNSCC than in normal mucosa. In the majority of HNSCC samples, there was a significant negative correlation between KLF4 and Slug gene expression. Slug gene expression was significantly higher in human papilloma virus (HPV) negative HNSCC, and in tumor samples with irregular p53 gene sequence. Transforming-growth-factor-beta-1 (TGF- β1) contributed to downregulation of KLF4 and upregulation of Slug. Two possible regulatory pathways could be suggested: (1) EMT-factors induced pathway, where TGF-β1 induced Slug together with vimentin, and KLF4 was down regulated at the same time; (2) p53 mutations contributed to upregulation and stabilization of Slug, where also KLF4 could co-exist with EMT-TFs.
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