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Gene and miRNA expression changes in squamous cell carcinoma of larynx and hypopharynx.

ABSTRACT: Laryngo-pharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas are one of the most common head and neck cancers. Despite the presence of a large body of information, molecular biomarkers are not currently used in the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients for this group of cancer. Here, we have profiled expression of genes and microRNAs of larynx and hypopharynx tumors using high-throughput sequencing experiments. We found that matrix metalloproteinases along with SCEL, CRNN, KRT4, SPINK5, and TGM3 among others have significantly altered expression in these tumors. Alongside gene expression, the microRNAs hsa-miR-139, hsa-miR-203 and the hsa-miR-424/503 cluster have aberrant expression in these cancers. Using target genes for these microRNAs, we found the involvement of pathways linked to cell cycle, p53 signaling, and viral carcinogenesis significant (P-values 10(-13), 10(-9) and 10(-7) respectively). Finally, using an ensemble machine-learning tool, we discovered a unique 8-gene signature for this group of cancers that differentiates the group from the other tumor subsites of head and neck region. We investigated the role of promoter methylation in one of these genes, WIF1, and found no correlation between DNA methylation and down-regulation of WIF1. We validated our findings of gene expression, 8-gene signature and promoter methylation using q-PCR, data from TCGA and q-MSP respectively. Data presented in this manuscript has been submitted to the NCBI Geo database with the accession number GSE67994.

SUBMITTER: Nair J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4575920 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gene and miRNA expression changes in squamous cell carcinoma of larynx and hypopharynx.

Nair Jayalakshmi J Jain Prachi P Chandola Udita U Palve Vinayak V Vardhan N R Harsha NR Reddy Ram Bhupal RB Kekatpure Vikram D VD Suresh Amritha A Kuriakose Moni Abraham MA Panda Binay B

Genes & cancer 20150701 7-8

Laryngo-pharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas are one of the most common head and neck cancers. Despite the presence of a large body of information, molecular biomarkers are not currently used in the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients for this group of cancer. Here, we have profiled expression of genes and microRNAs of larynx and hypopharynx tumors using high-throughput sequencing experiments. We found that matrix metalloproteinases along with SCEL, CRNN, KRT4, SPINK5, and TGM3 among ...[more]

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Gene and miRNA expression changes in squamous cell carcinoma of larynx and hypopharynx.

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Gene and miRNA expression changes in squamous cell carcinoma of larynx and hypopharynx.

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