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Saidak Z, Lailler C, Testelin S, Chauffert B, Clatot F, Galmiche A. Contribution of Genomics to the Surgical Management and Study of Oral Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2021; 28:5842-5854. [PMID: 33846893 PMCID: PMC8460589 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-09904-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Background Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most frequent type of tumor arising from the oral cavity. Surgery is the cornerstone of the treatment of these cancers. Tumor biology has long been overlooked as an important contributor to the outcome of surgical procedures, but recent studies are challenging this concept. Molecular analyses of tumor DNA or RNA provide a rich source of information about the biology of OSCC. Methods We searched for relevant articles using PubMed. We examined in particular the prospect of applying molecular methods for minimally invasive exploration of OSCC biology. Results We examined five potential applications of genomics to the surgical management and study of OSCC: i) assessing oral potentially malignant lesions; ii) tumor staging prior to surgery; iii) predicting postoperative risk in locally advanced tumors; iv) measuring minimal residual disease and optimizing the longitudinal monitoring of OSCC; and v) predicting the efficacy of medical treatment. Conclusions Genomic information can be harnessed in order to identify new biomarkers that could improve the staging, choice of therapy and management of OSCC. The identification of new biomarkers is awaited for better personalization of the surgical treatment of OSCC.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zuzana Saidak
- UR7516 "CHIMERE, Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, France. .,Centre de Biologie Humaine, CHU Amiens, Amiens, France.
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- UR7516 "CHIMERE, Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, France.,Centre de Biologie Humaine, CHU Amiens, Amiens, France
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- UR7516 "CHIMERE, Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, France.,Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, CHU Amiens, Amiens, France
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- UR7516 "CHIMERE, Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, France.,Department of Oncology, CHU Amiens, Amiens, France
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- Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France.,INSERM U1245/Team IRON, Rouen, France
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- UR7516 "CHIMERE, Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, France.,Centre de Biologie Humaine, CHU Amiens, Amiens, France
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Stepan KO, Li MM, Kang SY, Puram SV. Molecular margins in head and neck cancer: Current techniques and future directions. Oral Oncol 2020; 110:104893. [PMID: 32702629 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Complete tumor extirpation with clear surgical margins remains a central tenet of oncologic head and neck surgery. Rates of locoregional recurrence and survival are both significantly worse when clear margins are unable to be obtained. Current clinical practice relies on the use of frozen sections intra-operatively, followed by traditional histopathologic analysis post-operatively to assess the surgical margin. However, with improved understanding of tumor biology and advances in technology, new techniques have emerged to analyze margins at a molecular level. Such molecular margin analysis interrogates tissue for genetic, epigenetic, or proteomic changes that may belie tumor presence or aggressive features not captured by standard histopathologic techniques. Intra-operatively, this information may be used to guide resection, while post-operatively, it may help to stratify patients for adjuvant treatment. In this review, we summarize the current state of molecular margin analysis and describe directions for future research.
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- Katelyn O Stepan
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 4921 Parkview Pl, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 410 W. 10(th) Ave, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 410 W. 10(th) Ave, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 4921 Parkview Pl, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4921 Parkview Pl, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Holmes BJ, von Eyben R, Attardi LD, Kong CS, Le QT, Nathan CAO. Pilot study of loss of the p53/p63 target gene PERP at the surgical margin as a potential predictor of local relapse in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck 2020; 42:3188-3196. [PMID: 33034918 DOI: 10.1002/hed.26358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Revised: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND PERP (p53 apoptosis effector related to PMP22) localizes to desmosomes and suppresses squamous cell carcinoma development. Loss of PERP leads to worse local control in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), likely by destabilizing desmosomes. We evaluated PERP loss at HNSCC surgical margins as a predictor of local relapse. METHODS Combining discovery (n = 17) and validation (n = 31) cohorts, we examined membranous PERP protein expression by immunohistochemistry in surgical mucosal margins with competing risk analysis of the relationship between local relapse and PERP expression. RESULTS Of the 44 analyzable patients, the 2-year cumulative incidence of local relapse was 44.4% for the PERP-negative group and 16.4% for the PERP-positive group (P = .01). A trend toward worse progression-free survival (P = .09) and overall survival (P = .06) was observed with loss of PERP. CONCLUSIONS PERP loss at surgical margins is associated with higher risk of local recurrence in HNSCC, warranting further evaluation in a larger prospective study.
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- Brittany J Holmes
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.,Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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Galmiche A, Saidak Z, Bouaoud J, Mirghani H, Page C, Dakpé S, Clatot F. Genomics and precision surgery for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Lett 2020; 481:45-54. [PMID: 32272147 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The identification of the biological determinants that shape the response of tumors to medical therapies offers perspectives for better patient stratification and therapeutic targeting. Here, we discuss how genomics could help to improve the surgical treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). We examine the potential use of genomic analyses for: i) refining and standardizing the indications for surgery, ii) the choice of surgical procedure, and iii) the follow-up of patients with resected tumors. We highlight the studies that used genomics to explore the contribution of tumor biology to the outcome of surgery. We discuss the important developments that are challenging current surgical practice in HNSCC, such as neoadjuvant immunotherapy and the analysis of circulating DNA. Genomic analyses provide practical tools that could help improve the pathological diagnosis and staging of HNSCC, and increase the appreciation of the importance of tumor biology in the outcome of surgery. Identification of biomarkers will likely contribute to a move toward precision surgery of HNSCC, i.e. the personalization of surgical practice based on tumor biology.
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- Antoine Galmiche
- EA7516 « CHIMERE », Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France; Department of Biochemistry, Centre de Biologie Humaine, CHU, Amiens, France.
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- EA7516 « CHIMERE », Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France; Department of Molecular Oncobiology, Centre de Biologie Humaine, CHU, Amiens, France
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Stomatology, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, Pierre et Marie Curie University Paris 6, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, CHU, Amiens, France
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- EA7516 « CHIMERE », Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France; Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, CHU, Amiens, France
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- Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France; INSERM U1245, IRON Team, Rouen, France
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Roh V, Abramowski P, Hiou-Feige A, Cornils K, Rivals JP, Zougman A, Aranyossy T, Thielecke L, Truan Z, Mermod M, Monnier Y, Prassolov V, Glauche I, Nowrouzi A, Abdollahi A, Fehse B, Simon C, Tolstonog GV. Cellular Barcoding Identifies Clonal Substitution as a Hallmark of Local Recurrence in a Surgical Model of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cell Rep 2019; 25:2208-2222.e7. [PMID: 30463016 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.10.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Local recurrence after surgery for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remains a common event associated with a dismal prognosis. Improving this outcome requires a better understanding of cancer cell populations that expand from postsurgical minimal residual disease (MRD). Therefore, we assessed clonal dynamics in a surgical model of barcoded HNSCC growing in the submental region of immunodeficient mice. Clonal substitution and massive reduction of clonal heterogeneity emerged as hallmarks of local recurrence, as the clones dominating in less heterogeneous recurrences were scarce in their matched primary tumors. These lineages were selected by their ability to persist after surgery and competitively expand from MRD. Clones enriched in recurrences exhibited both private and shared genetic features and likely originated from ancestors shared with clones dominating in primary tumors. They demonstrated high invasiveness and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, eventually providing an attractive target for obtaining better local control for these tumors.
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- Vincent Roh
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Research Department Cell and Gene Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Research Department Cell and Gene Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Clinical and Biomedical Proteomics Group, Cancer Research UK Centre, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Research Department Cell and Gene Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustave Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustave Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Translational Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Core Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Division of Molecular and Translational Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and DKFZ, Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Translational Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Core Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Division of Molecular and Translational Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and DKFZ, Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Research Department Cell and Gene Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Lin JC, Wang CC, Jiang RS, Wang WY, Liu SA. Impact of microsatellite alteration in surgical margins on local recurrence in oral cavity cancer patients. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2016; 274:431-439. [PMID: 27430224 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-016-4215-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the association between microsatellite alteration in the surgical margins and local recurrence of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma patients. Surgical specimens confirmed by pathological examination and corresponding surgical margins were collected from 120 oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma patients. Ten microsatellite markers were examined in the tumor specimens and paired surgical margins, which proved to be negative on pathological assessment. The specimens and surgical margins were amplified by polymerase chain reaction followed by computerized analysis. Forty-two specimens (35.0 %) with microsatellite instability (MSI) in at least one marker were found, and more than half of the specimens (n = 73, 60.8 %) had loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in at least one marker. Although MSI and LOH were not associated with the prognosis of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma patients, presence of MSI in the tumor-free surgical margins increased the risk of local recurrence (hazard ratio: 9.549; 95 % confidence interval: 4.143-22.01). Genetic analysis of tumor-free surgical margins is a useful tool for identifying oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma patients who are vulnerable to local recurrence.
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- Jin-Ching Lin
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No. 1650, Sec 4, Taiwan Boulevard, Taichung, Taiwan.,Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No. 1650, Sec 4, Taiwan Boulevard, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, HungKuang University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No. 1650, Sec 4, Taiwan Boulevard, Taichung, Taiwan. .,Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. .,Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Li YY, Zhou CX, Gao Y. Podoplanin promotes the invasion of oral squamous cell carcinoma in coordination with MT1-MMP and Rho GTPases. Am J Cancer Res 2015; 5:514-529. [PMID: 25973294 PMCID: PMC4396046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Podoplanin overexpression has been reported in various cancers, however, the precise mechanism for podoplanin to promote tumor progression remains elusive. In the present study, podoplanin overexpression was found associated with invasiveness both in OSCC tissues and cell lines. Moreover, the cell invasiveness increased with forced podoplanin expression and decreased when podoplanin was knockdown, indicating podoplanin-mediated cell invasion during OSCC progression. To further identify the role of podoplanin in tumor invasion, cell spreading and immunofluorescence assay were performed firstly. It was found that podoplanin knockdown caused an impaired cell spreading with reduced filopodia and the premature assembly of stress fibers while podoplanin overexpression induced an increase in cellular protrusions and stress fibers with extensive parallel bundles. Then, pull-down assays revealed forced podoplanin expression increased Cdc42 activity and reduced RhoA activity while podoplanin knockdown decreased Cdc42 and increased RhoA markedly. Moreover, a hierarchy of crosstalk between RhoA and Cdc42 was confirmed in podoplanin-mediated cell motility. On the other hand, a significant correlation between podoplanin and MT1-MMP expression in OSCCs was found both in vivo and in vitro, co-located in invasive cells and cellular protrusions. Furthermore, our data showed MT1-MMP knockdown significantly blocked the upregulation of cell motility by forced podoplanin expression, indicating that MT1-MMP played a role in podoplanin-mediated tumor invasion. To further confirm the interaction between RhoA/Cdc42 complex, MT1-MMP and podoplanin, co-precipitation experiments were performed. Both the co-precipitation of podoplanin with MT1-MMP and the podoplanin-induced specific binding of MT1-MMP to Cdc42 were found, and immunofluorescence revealed the co-location of podoplanin, MT1-MMP and Cdc42 at the plasma membrane and filopodia induced an increase in cellular protrusion and stress fibers formation. Moreover, MT1-MMP inhibition could partly rescue the increase of Cdc42 activity caused by forced podoplanin expression. Taken together, our data demonstrated a hierarchy of crosstalk between RhoA and Cdc42 was involved in podoplanin-mediated cytoskeleton remodeling and invasion; the co-location and co-ordination of podoplanin, Cdc42 and MT1-MMP in the invadopodia might induce cytoskeleton remodeling, ECM degradation and tumor invasion, while podoplanin-induced EMT may not be indispensible during OSCC progression.
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