## Background: Squamous cell carcinoma (scc) of the head and neck region is rare in young patients and even less frequent in children 15 years or younger children. the patients reported in the literature are isolated cases and their management is always difficult because there is no large experienc
Frequent expression of Niban in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and squamous dysplasia
β Scribed by Shin Ito; Hiroaki Fujii; Toshiharu Matsumoto; Masaaki Abe; Katsuhisa Ikeda; Okio Hino
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Background
Niban was initially identified in the Eker rat, a model of renal carcinogenesis. We examined Niban expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and head and neck dysplastic lesions.
Methods
Using a polyclonal rabbit antiβhuman Niban antibody, 43 cases of HNSCC and 30 cases of head and neck squamous dysplasia were immuonohistochemically stained for Niban. Ancillary genetic studies were also performed.
Results
Fortyβtwo of 43 HNSCCs (97.6%) and 20 of 30 (66.6%) dysplastic lesions were positively stained for Niban. The staining was generally less intense in cases of dysplasia than HNSCC. Three of 8 normal mucosal samples from drinker/smokers also showed weak Niban expression. Normal head and neck squamous epithelium from nondrinker/nonsmokers did not stained for Niban. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction results matched the immuonohistochemical results.
Conclusion
The expression of Niban frequently begins in the early stages of head and neck squamous carcinoma and remains upregulated throughout the carcinogenic process. Niban may be a good molecular marker of HNSCC. Β© 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2010
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