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Expression of cancer-testis antigens MAGE-A4 and MAGE-C1 in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Montoro, J. R. and Mamede, R. C. and Neder Serafini, L. and Saggioro, F. P. and Figueiredo, D. L. and Silva, W. A. and Jr., and Jungbluth, A. A. and Spagnoli, G. C. and Zago, M. A.. (2012) Expression of cancer-testis antigens MAGE-A4 and MAGE-C1 in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Head & neck, Vol. 34, H. 8. pp. 1123-1128.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Tumor markers are genes or their products expressed exclusively or preferentially in tumor cells and cancer-testis antigens (CTAs) form a group of genes with a typical expression pattern expressed in a variety of malignant neoplasms. CTAs are considered potential targets for cancer vaccines. It is possible that the CTA MAGE-A4 (melanoma antigen) and MAGE-C1 are expressed in carcinoma of the oral cavity and are related with survival. METHODS: This study involved immunohistochemical analysis of 23 patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and was carried out using antibodies for MAGE-A4 and MAGE-C1. Fisher's exact test and log-rank test were used to evaluate the results. RESULTS: The expression of the MAGE-A4 and MAGE-C1 were 56.5% and 47.8% without statistical difference in studied variables and survival. CONCLUSION: The expression of at least 1 CTA was present in 78.3% of the patients, however, without correlation with clinicopathologic variables and survival.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Oncology Surgery (Spagnoli)
UniBasel Contributors:Spagnoli, Giulio C.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:John Wiley
ISSN:1097-0347
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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