title: Hypoxia-inducible factors in OSCC.
abstract: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a characteristic locally aggressive tumor in which hypoxia levels are very high, causing a low response to chemotherapy and providing basic resistance to anticancer drugs. Tumoral hypoxia directly depends on hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF). The goal of this paper is to describe HIF basic biology and tumor cells (HIF-1α, mainly), analyzing the effects of its expression in OSCC, study its relation with other molecules such as nitric oxide (NO), carbonic anhydrase (CA) or VEGF and assess the possibility of its manipulation as a therapeutic target.
authors.affiliation: Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and Implantology Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain. perezsayans@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-Sayáns
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Suárez-Peñaranda
authors.forename: Gayoso-Diz
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Pilar
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barros-Angueira
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gándara-Rey
authors.forename: Abel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-García
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D000071231:Carbonic Anhydrase IX; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000378:metabolism; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; C089226:CA9 protein, human; D000071231:Carbonic Anhydrase IX; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases