PMID- 28105160 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1792-1074 (Print) IS - 1792-1082 (Electronic) IS - 1792-1074 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 6 DP - 2016 Dec TI - Folate deficiency and aberrant expression of cell adhesion molecule 1 are potential indicators of prognosis in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. PG - 4510-4514 LID - 10.3892/ol.2016.5264 [doi] AB - The etiology of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) has not yet been adequately examined. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the association between serum folate deficiency and abnormal expression of the cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1) protein in the progression of LSCC. Samples were collected from 60 patients with LSCC and 30 healthy people. Radioimmunoassays and immunohistochemical staining were performed to measure serum folate levels and CADM1 protein expression, respectively. The results demonstrated that CADM1 expression in LSCC specimens was significantly lower than in adjacent normal tissues (chi(2)=28.229, P<0.001), which was associated with histological differentiation and clinical stage (P=0.010 and 0.020, respectively). Levels of serum folate in patients with LSCC were significantly lower than those observed in healthy individuals (P=0.002). Furthermore, TSLCl expression and serum folate levels were positively correlated in LSCC (r=0.642, P=0.001). Thus, the present study determined that decreased CADM1 protein expression and low levels of serum folate were correlated with an increased severity of LSCC. FAU - Chang, Hao AU - Chang H AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China. FAU - Ma, Min AU - Ma M AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China. FAU - Ma, Rui AU - Ma R AD - Department of Central Laboratory, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China. FAU - Zhang, Chao AU - Zhang C AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China. FAU - Zeng, Wei AU - Zeng W AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China. FAU - Xing, Lu Qi AU - Xing LQ AD - Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital and College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161014 PL - Greece TA - Oncol Lett JT - Oncology letters JID - 101531236 PMC - PMC5228386 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cell adhesion molecule 1 OT - folate OT - laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma EDAT- 2017/01/21 06:00 MHDA- 2017/01/21 06:01 PMCR- 2016/10/14 CRDT- 2017/01/21 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/08/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/01/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/01/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/01/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/10/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - OL-0-0-5264 [pii] AID - 10.3892/ol.2016.5264 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncol Lett. 2016 Dec;12(6):4510-4514. doi: 10.3892/ol.2016.5264. Epub 2016 Oct 14.