Gupta Awadhesh, Sharma Seema, Batra Monisha, Abidullah Mohammed, Bhuvinder Swathi, Katragadda Padmavathi
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Rohini, New Delhi, India, Phone: +919711927559, e-mail:
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology, Santosh Dental College and Hospital, Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Contemp Dent Pract. 2018 Sep 1;19(9):1105-1110.
The aim of present study was to assess the role of E-cadherin in oral carcinogenesis by comparing their expressions in normal oral mucosa, oral epithelial dysplasia (OED), and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).
To elucidate the pattern of E-cadherin expression in oral carcinogenesis, 21 archival cases of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections of OSCC, 21 OED, and 7 normal oral mucosa samples as control were used for the study.
We observed reduction/loss of E-cadherin in membranous expression pattern and staining intensity with progression from dysplasia to oral cancer.
A decrease in staining intensity and loss of E-cadherin membranous expression were noted from dysplasia to carcinoma, suggesting its role as a tumor suppressor gene.
E-cadherin can be used as a biomarker to assess and evaluate the progression and prognosis of oral dysplastic lesions and OSCC.
本研究旨在通过比较E-钙黏蛋白在正常口腔黏膜、口腔上皮发育异常(OED)和口腔鳞状细胞癌(OSCC)中的表达,评估其在口腔癌发生中的作用。
为阐明E-钙黏蛋白在口腔癌发生中的表达模式,本研究使用了21例经福尔马林固定、石蜡包埋的OSCC切片存档病例、21例OED病例以及7例正常口腔黏膜样本作为对照。
我们观察到,随着发育异常进展为口腔癌,E-钙黏蛋白的膜表达模式和染色强度降低/丧失。
从发育异常到癌症,E-钙黏蛋白的染色强度降低且膜表达丧失,提示其作为肿瘤抑制基因的作用。
E-钙黏蛋白可作为一种生物标志物,用于评估和评价口腔发育异常病变和OSCC的进展及预后。