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Genetic Drivers of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Aberrant Splicing Events, Mutational Burden, HPV Infection and Future Targets.

Zodwa Dlamini, Mohammed Alaouna, Sikhumbuzo Mbatha, Ahmed Bhayat, Mzubanzi Mabongo, Aristotelis Chatziioannou, Rodney Hull

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Review in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Zodwa DlaminiSA-MRC/UP Precision Prevention & Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8012-3646
Mohammed AlaounaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.
Sikhumbuzo MbathaDepartment of Surgery, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa.
Ahmed BhayatDepartment of Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8103-1233
Mzubanzi MabongoDepartment of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa.
Aristotelis ChatziioannouSA-MRC/UP Precision Prevention & Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa.
Rodney HullSA-MRC/UP Precision Prevention & Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa.
South African Medical Research Council · ZAUniversity of Pretoria · ZASteve Biko Hospital · ZAUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Head and neck cancers include cancers that originate from a variety of locations. These include the mouth, nasal cavity, throat, sinuses, and salivary glands. These cancers are the sixth most diagnosed cancers worldwide. Due to the tissues they arise from, they are collectively named head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). The most important risk factors for head and neck cancers are infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), tobacco use and alcohol consumption. The genetic basis behind the development and progression of HNSCC includes aberrant non-coding RNA levels. However, one of the most important differences between healthy tissue and HNSCC tissue is changes in the alternative splicing of genes that play a vital role in processes that can be described as the hallmarks of cancer. These changes in the expression profile of alternately spliced mRNA give rise to various protein isoforms. These protein isoforms, alternate methylation of proteins, and changes in the transcription of non-coding RNAs (ncRNA) can be used as diagnostic or prognostic markers and as targets for the development of new therapeutic agents. This review aims to describe changes in alternative splicing and ncRNA patterns that contribute to the development and progression of HNSCC. It will also review the use of the changes in gene expression as biomarkers or as the basis for the development of new therapies.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingAnimalsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMutationPapillomavirus InfectionsRNA, UntranslatedSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckRNA, Untranslatedaberrant splicing eventshead and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)human papillomavirus (HPV) infectionmethylationmutational burdennon-coding RNA (ncRNA)

Identifiers

PMID33804181
PMCPMC7998272
OpenAlexW3137194758

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