Albinger-Hegyi, Andrea; Stoeckli, Sandro J; Schmid, Stephan; Storz, Martina; Iotzova, Guergana; Probst-Hensch, Nicole M; Rehrauer, Hubert; Tinguely, Marianne; Moch, Holger; Hegyi, Ivan (2010). Lysyl oxidase expression is an independent marker of prognosis and a predictor of lymph node metastasis in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). International journal of cancer, 126(11), pp. 2653-62. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell 10.1002/ijc.24948
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Proteins of the lysyl oxidase (LOX) family are important modulators of the extracellular matrix. However, they have an important role in the tumour development as well as in tumour progression. To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic value of the LOX protein in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) we performed QRT-PCR and immunohistochemical analysis on two tissue microarrays (622 tissue samples in total). Significantly higher LOX expression was detected in high grade dysplastic oral mucosa as well as in OSCC when compared to normal oral mucosa (P < 0.001). High LOX expression was correlated with clinical TNM stage (P = 0.020), lymph node metastases for the entire cohort (P < 0.001), as well as in the subgroup of small primary tumours (T1/T2, P < 0.001). Moreover, high LOX expression was correlated with poor overall survival (P = 0.004) and disease specific survival (P = 0.037). In a multivariate analysis, high LOX expression was an independent prognostic factor, predicting unfavourable overall survival. In summary, LOX expression is an independent prognostic biomarker and a predictor of lymph node metastasis in OSCC. Moreover, LOX overexpression may be an early phenomenon in the pathogenesis of OSCC and thus an attractive novel target for chemopreventive and therapeutic strategies.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Visceral Surgery 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Dermatology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Schmid, Stefan, Hegyi, Ivan |
ISSN: |
0020-7136 |
Publisher: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:07 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:00 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1002/ijc.24948 |
PubMed ID: |
19816945 |
Web of Science ID: |
000277347900015 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/195 (FactScience: 196876) |
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