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The potential of CD44 as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in oral cancer
Author(s) -
Emich Helena,
Chapireau David,
Hutchison Iain,
Mackenzie Ian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/jop.12308
Subject(s) - cd44 , cancer stem cell , cancer , stem cell , gene isoform , cancer research , biology , basal cell , cancer cell , cell , pathology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , genetics
The CD44 family of molecules exists as a wide range of isoforms ubiquitously expressed on the surface of mammalian cells. The variation in patterns of CD44 expression on cancer cells has been widely studied in relation to their behaviour, and further interest has recently arisen in CD44 as a marker of the subfraction tumour cells acting as cancer stem cells in several types of tumours. This review focuses on the patterns of CD44 expression on the stem cell fraction of oral squamous cell carcinoma and on the relationship of detectably different patterns of CD44 expression to the behaviour of tumours.