PMID- 25684546 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160720 LR - 20190221 IS - 1365-2559 (Electronic) IS - 0309-0167 (Linking) VI - 67 IP - 4 DP - 2015 Oct TI - The prognostic role of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers E-cadherin and Slug in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. PG - 491-500 LID - 10.1111/his.12668 [doi] AB - AIMS: Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) prognosis is definitely related to lymph node metastasis. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) allows neoplastic cells to gain the plasticity and motility required for tumour progression and metastasis. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of EMT in the prognosis of LSCC. METHODS AND RESULTS: Immunohistochemical analysis of E-cadherin, N-cadherin, Snail, Slug, ZEB1, and ZEB2 was performed in 37 consecutive LSCC cases. Low E-cadherin levels and high Slug levels correlated with both disease recurrence (P = 0.02 and P =0.01, respectively) and shorter disease-free survival (DFS) (P = 0.04 and P = 0.02, respectively). Relative expression levels of CDH1, SNAI2, miR-1 and the miR-200 family were also evaluated. CDH1, miR-200a and miR-200c down-regulation and SNAI2 overexpression were significantly associated with disease recurrence (P = 0.03, P = 0.02, P = 0.04, and P = 0.04, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: EMT increases tumour recurrence risk and shortens DFS in LSCC. E-cadherin and Slug immunohistochemical analysis could be useful for identifying patients requiring more aggressive treatment after surgery. CI - (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Cappellesso, Rocco AU - Cappellesso R AD - Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Marioni, Gino AU - Marioni G AD - Otolaryngology Section, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Crescenzi, Marika AU - Crescenzi M AD - Radiotherapy Unit, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV, IRCCS, Padova, Italy. FAU - Giacomelli, Luciano AU - Giacomelli L AD - Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Guzzardo, Vincenza AU - Guzzardo V AD - Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Mussato, Alessio AU - Mussato A AD - Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Staffieri, Alberto AU - Staffieri A AD - Otolaryngology Section, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Martini, Alessandro AU - Martini A AD - Otolaryngology Section, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Blandamura, Stella AU - Blandamura S AD - Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Fassina, Ambrogio AU - Fassina A AD - Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150331 PL - England TA - Histopathology JT - Histopathology JID - 7704136 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (Cadherins) RN - 0 (SNAI1 protein, human) RN - 0 (SNAI2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Snail Family Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/*analysis MH - Cadherins/analysis/*biosynthesis MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/mortality/*pathology MH - Disease-Free Survival MH - Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition MH - Female MH - Head and Neck Neoplasms/mortality/*pathology MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/mortality/*pathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology MH - Prognosis MH - Proportional Hazards Models MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Snail Family Transcription Factors MH - Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck MH - Transcription Factors/analysis/*biosynthesis OTO - NOTNLM OT - epithelial-mesenchymal transition OT - laryngeal carcinoma OT - neck lymph node metastasis OT - prognosis EDAT- 2015/02/17 06:00 MHDA- 2016/07/21 06:00 CRDT- 2015/02/17 06:00 PHST- 2014/11/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/02/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/02/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/02/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/07/21 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/his.12668 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Histopathology. 2015 Oct;67(4):491-500. doi: 10.1111/his.12668. Epub 2015 Mar 31.