Overexpression of Malic Enzyme 2 Indicates Pathological and Clinical Significance in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Jun-Jie Zhou, Yao Xiao, Hao Li, Cong-Cong Wu, De-Run Chen, Lei Chen, Wei-Wei Deng, Wen-Feng Zhang, Zhi-Jun Sun

International journal of medical sciences 2020

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Our study investigated the expression of malic enzyme 2 (ME2) in human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and associated pathological and clinical pattern. We demonstrated that human OSCC tissues expressed a high level of ME2, and the overexpression of ME2 is closely connected to a high pathological grade, lymphatic metastasis, large tumor size and human papillomavirus (HPV) (P < 0.001). Similarly, high levels of ME2 expression in OSCC tissue were shown to be correlated with poor prognosis (P < 0.05). The expression of ME2 was correlated with Slug, SOX2, and aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 (ALDH1) immunoreactivity.ME2 was shown to be overexpressed in OSCC tissue and indicated a poor prognosis for OSCC. ME2 may be correlated with several immune markers. © The author(s).

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Jun-Jie Zhou, Yao Xiao, Hao Li, Cong-Cong Wu, De-Run Chen, Lei Chen, Wei-Wei Deng, Wen-Feng Zhang, Zhi-Jun Sun. Overexpression of Malic Enzyme 2 Indicates Pathological and Clinical Significance in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. International journal of medical sciences. 2020;17(6):799-806