scholarly journals Elevated ZNF703 Protein Expression Is an Independent Unfavorable Prognostic Factor for Survival of the Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hang Yang ◽  
Wen-Qi Jiang ◽  
Ye Cao ◽  
Yong-An Sun ◽  
Jing Wei ◽  
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Aim. Data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) show that the ZNF703 gene amplifies and overexpresses in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). However, the clinical relevance of this observation in HNSCC is unclear. The purpose of this study was to clarify the expression of ZNF703 protein and its prognostic effect on HNSCC.Methods. Two hundred ten HNSCC patients from Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center with complete survival follow-up were included in this study. Tumor samples from primary sites were collected. The expression of the ZNF703 protein was tested by immunohistochemistry (IHC).Results. The high expression of ZNF703 in HNSCC tumor tissues was significantly higher than that of the matched noncancerous tissues (48.6% versus 11.6%,P<0.001). ZNF703 overexpression was correlated with tumor position (laryngeal carcinoma) and recurrence (allP<0.05). Multivariate analysis revealed that ZNF703 protein overexpression was an independent prognostic factor (P=0.022, hazard ratio = 1.635, 95% CI 1.073–2.493) in HNSCC patients.Conclusion. ZNF703 overexpression is associated with adverse prognosis in HNSCC, which might be a novel biomarker of HNSCC.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuchi Ran ◽  
Shengrong Long ◽  
Yan Ye ◽  
Diwas Sunchuri ◽  
Hong Liang ◽  
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Abstract Background Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors. Many previous reports have already shown that the extent of infiltrating immune and stromal cells in tumor tissues and the tumor microenvironment (TME) cells play a significant role in the overall prognosis. Methods The convenient access to The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database facilitates global gene expression profiling and database mining in a large‐scale for potential correlation between genes and overall survival of a variety of malignancies including HNSCC. The quantification of the immune and stromal components in tumor tissues could be facilitated by calculating mmune scores and stromal scores on the basis of Estimation of stromal and Immune cells in Malignant Tumor tissues using Expression data (ESTIMATE) algorithm could facilitate the quantification of the immune and stromal components in tumor tissues. The effects of genes involved in immune and stromal cells on prognosis were categorized. Prognosis associated genes of HNSCC patients were further identified. Result This study showed that GIMAP6, SELL, TIFAB, KCNA3, P2RY8 and CCR4 may mediate immune response, extracellular matrix, and immunoglobulin binding via neutrophil activation in HNSCC. Conclusion Depicting a comprehensive landscape of the TME characteristics of HNSCC may therefore help to interpret the responses of HNSCC to immunotherapies and provide new strategies for the treatment of cancers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 1399-1415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Ma ◽  
Haoyu Li ◽  
Xian Li ◽  
Shuwen Lu ◽  
Jianfeng He

Aim: This present study aims to investigate the prognostic value of FGD genes for predicting the overall survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC) patients. Materials & methods: Clinical information and FGD gene expressions of 513 HNSC patients were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas dataset. Kaplan–Meier survival, Pearson correlation coefficient analyses and enrichment analyses were performed based on The Cancer Genome Atlas dataset, as well as FGD gene expressions analysis in normal tissues. Results: The survival analyses showed that high levels of FGD2 and FGD3 mRNA expressions, and the combination of high levels of FGD2 and FGD3 mRNAs were associated with the favorable overall survival in HNSC patients (p < 0.01). Oppositely, no significant correlations (p > 0.05) were observed between gender and race and OS. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the expression levels of FGD2 and FGD3 mRNAs in HNSC are associated with favorable prognosis and may be regarded as potential prognostic biomarkers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruoyan Cao ◽  
Suyang Liu ◽  
Jiayu Zhang ◽  
Xianyue Ren ◽  
Xijuan Chen ◽  
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TP53INP2 plays an important role in regulating gene transcription and starvation-induced autophagy, however, its function in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remains unclear. Therefore, we assessed the expression and prognostic value of TP53INP2. In addition, RNAseq, miRNAseq, copy number variation, and mutation profiles from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset were applied to evaluate the distinctive genomic patterns related to TP53INP2 expression. We found that TP53INP2 expression was lower in HNSCC compared with normal controls. Patients with higher TP53INP2 expression had longer survival time. Knockdown of TP53INP2 promoted cell viability. Functional analysis exhibited that TP53INP2 was linked to DNA replication, DNA repair, cell cycle, and multiple metabolic pathways. Moreover, TP53INP2 might affect the expression of multiple genes via enhancing the transcriptional activity of nuclear hormone receptors. A competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network consisting of 33 lncRNAs, eight miRNAs, and 13 mRNAs was constructed based on the expression of TP53INP2. Taken together, our study highlights the potential value of TP53INP2 in predicting the survival of HNSCC and its important role in the genesis and development of HNSCC.


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