title: [Expression and clinical significance of nuclear factor κB/B cell lymphoma-2 signal pathway and glycogen synthase kinase 3β in oral squamous cell carcinoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to examine the expression of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB)/B cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) signal pathway and glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and provide references for the early diagnosis and prognosis evaluation of OSCC.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 55 cases of OSCC and 10 cases of paracan- cerous mucosa were examined in this study. Their expressions of GSK-3β, NF-κB and Bcl-2 were detected using the SP me- thod immunohistochemistry. The correlation between their expression in OSCC and the clinical and pathological peculiarity of OSCC was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The positive expression of GSK-3β, NF-κB, and Bcl-2 in OSCC were significantly higher than that in paracancerous mucosa (P < 0.01). The expression of GSK-3β, NF-κB, and Bcl-2 had no obvious relationship with patient's age, sex, and clinical stages of the disease (P > 0.05). The expression of Bcl-2 was significantly correlated with the degree of tumor differentiation (P < 0.05), whereas the expression of GSK-3β and NF-κB in OSCC had no obvious relation- ship with the degree of tumor differentiation (P > 0.05). Strong positive correlations were observed among the expressions of GSK-3β, NF-κB, and Bcl-2 (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The positive expression of GSK-3β, NF-κB, and Bcl-2 in OSCC are sig- nificantly higher than that in paracancerous mucosa. Detecting GSK-3β, NF-κB, and Bcl-2 in OSCC may have implications in the early diagnosis and prognosis evaluation of OSCC.
authors: Zhan
authors: Z
authors: Yuhua
authors: Cui
authors: C
authors: Han
authors: Liu
authors: L
authors: Jiyuan
authors: Zhou
authors: Z
authors: Wei
authors: Que
authors: Q
authors: Lin
authors: Tang
authors: T
authors: Xiufa
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D006006:Glycogen Synthase; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms; D016328:NF-kappa B; D018307:Neoplasms, Squamous Cell; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B; D006006:Glycogen Synthase; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3