ArticleCancers2024
EMT Dynamics in Lymph Node Metastasis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
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- Clinicopathological Significance of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
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- Molecular mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in areca nut-associated oral squamous cell carcinoma: the interplay of chronic inflammation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- IL1RAJournal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2025Article
- The adipokines in oral cancer pathogenesis and its potential as a new therapeutic approach.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- Proteogenomic characterisation of primary oral cancer unveils extracellular matrix remodelling and immunosuppressive microenvironment linked to lymph node metastasis.Clinical and translational medicine · 2025Article
- Aflatoxin B1 Exposure Suppresses the Migration of Dendritic Cells by Reshaping the Cytoskeleton.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Vitamin D-metabolizing enzyme CYP24A1 affects oncogenic behaviors of oral squamous cell carcinoma and its prognostic implication.Medical molecular morphology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundEpithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) enables tumor cell invasion and metastasis. Many studies have demonstrated the critical role of EMT in lymph node metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). During EMT, epithelial cancer cells lose intercellular adhesion and apical-basal polarity and acquire mesenchymal properties such as motility and invasiveness. A significant feature of EMT is cadherin switching, involving the downregulation of E-cadherin and upregulation of N-cadherin. The TGF-β/SMAD pathway can also induce EMT. We aimed to evaluate EMT markers as predictors of lymph node metastasis in OSCC.
methodsWe performed genetic profiling of 159 primary OSCCs from TCGA and analyzed the expression of EMT markers, including cadherin switch genes (CDH1, CDH2), and TGF-β/SMAD pathway genes. Samples were divided into advanced (stage III-IV) and early (stage I-II) stage groups. Differential expression analysis was performed, as well as an independent validation study containing fresh OSCC samples.
resultsTGF-β/SMAD pathway genes such as SMAD6 were upregulated in advanced stage tumors. N-cadherin and SNAIL2 were overexpressed in node-positive tumors. Keratins were downregulated in these groups.
conclusionOur findings demonstrate that EMT marker expression correlates with lymph node metastasis in OSCC. Developing therapies targeting regulators such as N-cadherin may prevent metastasis and improve outcomes.
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