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ArticleJournal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology2025

A Longitudinal Study of E-Cadherin and Beta-Catenin in Progression of Oral Epithelial Dysplasia.

Ilena S Yim, Lewei Zhang, Leigha D Rock, Miriam P Rosin, Iris Lin, Denise M Laronde

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Article in Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Ilena S YimFaculty of Dentistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8213-4717
Lewei ZhangFaculty of Dentistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Leigha D RockFaculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Miriam P RosinBC Oral Cancer Prevention Program, Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Iris LinFaculty of Dentistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Denise M LarondeFaculty of Dentistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2330-4627

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Canadian Foundation for Dental Hygiene Research and Education
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study explored the expression patterns of epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers E-cadherin and beta-catenin in mild and moderate oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) to determine whether their expression predicts malignant progression in oral tissue.

methodsFormalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue specimens with mild or moderate dysplasia were retrieved from 87 patients. Immunohistochemistry was performed to compare E-cadherin and beta-catenin expression in tissue sections that progressed to severe dysplasia, carcinoma in situ, or squamous cell carcinoma (n = 29) with those that did not progress (n = 58). Expression patterns were observed in the basal, parabasal, lower spinous, and upper spinous epithelial layers. Expression was assessed in the cell membrane for E-cadherin and beta-catenin (low expression = absent/weak staining, high = moderate/strong) and in the cytoplasm and nucleus for beta-catenin (low = absence, high = presence). Logistic regression was used to predict progression based on the expression pattern.

resultsThere were no significant differences in the progression and expression patterns of E-cadherin and beta-catenin (p > 0.05).

conclusionThis study found that the expression of E-cadherin and beta-catenin was not a predictor of early malignant progression, highlighting the importance of longitudinal studies in studying progression.

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beta CateninCadherinsMouth MucosaMouth NeoplasmsPrecancerous ConditionsAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma in SituCarcinoma, Squamous CellDisease ProgressionEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryLongitudinal Studiesbeta CateninBiomarkers, TumorCadherinsbeta cateninbiomarkerscadherinsepithelial‐mesenchymal transitionoral epithelial dysplasia

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PMCPMC12077942

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