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Published on: August 11, 2023
MCM-2 expression differentiates potentially malignant verrucous lesions from oral carcinomas
Kochli Channappa Niranjan1, Niharika Abhay Sarathy1, Devendra Alrani1
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad 580 009, Karnataka, India.
Background:
Mcm-2 is a biomarker belonging to Mcm family of proteins which has rarely been used in oral potentially malignant and malignant lesions of the verrucous type. The objective of this study is to assess the expression of Mcm-2 in Normal Oral Mucosa (NM), Verrucous Hyperplasia (VH), Verrucous Carcinoma (VC) and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) and compare it with the clinicopathological characteristics.
Methodology:
A total of 70 formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue samples (10 cases of Normal Mucosa NM- Group A, 10 cases of Verrucous Hyperplasia- VH without Dysplasia- Group B, 10 cases of Verrucous Hyperplasia- VH with Dysplasia- Group C, 20 cases of Verrucous Carcinoma VC-Group D, 20 cases of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma OSCC- Group E) were subjected to immunohistochemistry with Mcm-2 antibody. Statistical analysis was carried out with various tests like ANOVA, Tukey HSD, Chi-Square and Shapiro-Wilk test by using the SPSS software.
Results:
There was a significant difference in Mcm-2 expression with quantitative analysis among all the groups (p < 0.05). There was a significant progressive increase in nuclear Labelling Indices (nLI) from NM (49.08%), VC (60.45%), VH with Dysplasia (64.10%), and OSCC (89.22%).
Conclusion:
The findings suggest that Mcm-2 may be a sensitive proliferation marker in oral potentially malignant and malignant lesions which may be useful for differentiating between VH with/ without dysplasia, VC and OSCC.
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