Functional significance of the long non-coding RNA RP11-169D4.1 as a metastasis suppressor in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by regulating CDH1

  • Authors:
    • Jing Zhao
    • Kexing Lv
    • Zeng-Hong Li
    • Jianhui Wu
    • Wei Gao
    • Thian-Sze Wong
    • Jie Luo
    • Hao Qin
    • Bin Wang
    • Qingling Fu
    • Wen-Bin Lei
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  • Published online on: May 16, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2017.5645
  • Pages: 211-220
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Abstract

The present study investigated the expression profile and the function of RP11-169D4.1 and explored its potential mechanisms in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. The biological function of RP11-169D4.1 was examined using the MTT assay, flow cytometric analysis, wound healing and transwell assays. The relationship between RP11-169D4.1 and miR-205-5p was discovered by Argonaute 2 protein immunoprecipitation. The target gene of RP11-169D4.1 was CDH1 which was assessed by Pearson's correlation analysis, RT-PCR and western blot assay. We demonstrated that RP11-169D4.1 expression was markedly decreased in LSCC tissues and cell lines. The overexpression of RP11-169D4.1 inhibited the proliferation, migration and invasion of LSCC cell lines as well as promoted apoptosis. We further verified that miR-205-5p had binding sites with RP11‑169D4.1 and that RP11-169D4.1 could regulate the expression of CDH1. Ectopic transfection of RP11-169D4.1 led to a significant reduction in the downstream signaling molecule AKT in LSCC cells. The long non-coding RNA RP11-169D4.1 may serve as a tumor suppressor and a promising therapeutic target in laryngeal cancer, which could inhibit the process of EMT by regulating CDH1.

Introduction

Laryngeal carcinoma has been reported as the second most common head and neck squamous carcinoma, in which more than 95% of cases are laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) (1). This disease is a serious threat to patients health and quality of life, especially for males, with a global incidence rate of 5.1/100,000 in 2008 (2,3). Advanced laryngeal carcinoma usually indicates poor treatment efficacy and a higher recurrence rate. Patients with invasion and metastasis generally have a much worse prognosis and have a 5-year survival rate of ~60% (4). Therefore, more in-depth research of the molecular mechanisms may aid us in finding new diagnostic and/or therapeutic approaches to LSCC to improve the prognosis of LSCC patients (5).

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) usually range from 200 nt to over 100 kb in length and are defined as endogenous cellular RNAs. At first, lncRNAs were discovered as ‘transcriptional noise’. Currently, lncRNAs are considered to be a primary element of the human transcriptome. However, there is little knowledge regarding most of these lncRNAs, which require functional explanation (6). More new evidence has shown that in tumorigenesis and in cancer progression, lncRNAs play an important regulatory role (7). More lncRNAs have been discovered and identified as oncogenic or anti-oncogenic in head and neck cancer, including TUG1 (8), HOTAIR (9), ANRIL (10), CCAT2 (11), MEG3 (12), LOC285194 (13) and 91H (14). However, little is known about the role of long non-coding RNA in predicting metastasis and patient prognosis of LSCC. Furthermore, the underlying mechanisms of lncRNA in regulating LSCC metastasis remain unclear.

Microarray analysis of LSCC tissues showed abnormal expression of the lncRNA RP11-169D4.1. It was demonstrated that RP11-169D4.1 levels are significantly decreased in LSCC tissues, and decreased expression of RP11-169D4.1 indicates a poor prognosis and increased lymph node metastasis in patients with LSCC (15). However, the role of the lncRNA RP11-169D4.1 in LSCC remains unknown. In the present study, we further explored the role of the lncRNA RP11-169D4.1 and its potential underlying mechanism in LSCC.

Materials and methods

Clinical specimens

A total of 51 patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma were analyzed in the present study at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China) between February 2012 and March 2014. All LSCC patients signed informed consent. The diagnosis of LSCC was histopathologically confirmed. Tumor and corresponding adjacent normal tissues were selected from each patient. Normal human laryngeal tissues were obtained at a minimum of >10 mm from the edge of the cancerous area. Tissue samples were resected and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. They were stored at −80°C until RNA extraction. The following clinicopathological data were collected: age, sex, tumor origin, TNM stage, lymph node metastasis, clinical stage and histological differentiation.

Cell culture

Human LSCC cell lines (SNU899 and SNU46) were obtained from Hong Kong University. All LSCC cells were maintained in Dulbeccos modified Eagles medium (DMEM) with RPMI-1640, which was supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS). All LSCC cells were incubated in a humidified incubator with 5% CO2 at 37°C.

RNA extraction

Total RNA was extracted using TRIzol® (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). A NanoDrop 1000 spectrophotometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) was used to confirm the RNA quality. The criterion of acceptable purity is an OD260/280 ratio of ~1.8. Reverse transcription was achieved with a First Strand cDNA Synthesis kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) according to the manufacturers protocol.

Transfection assays

The RP11-169D4.1 sequence (Gene: LINC01537, ENSG00000227467) was synthesized according to the full length RP11-169D4.1 sequence (based on the RP11-169D4.1 sequence) and then cloned into a pLVX vector (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific). Then, either RP11-169D4.1-pLVX or empty vector was transfected into LSCC cells using Lipofectamine 2000 reagent (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific). The empty pLVX vector was used as the control.

Real-time quantitative RT-PCR

Real-time PCR was performed using the FastStart Universal Probe Master (Roche Applied Science, Indianapolis, IN, USA) on a LightCycler® 480 (Roche Applied Science). Primers for real-time PCR were purchased from Integrated DNA Technologies (Coralville, IA, USA). The detection probe was obtained from Roche Applied Science. The reaction was incubated at 95°C for 10 min followed by 55 cycles of 95°C for 15 sec and 60°C for 1 min. The mRNA was normalized to GAPDH levels using the 2−ΔΔCt method. The micro-RNA was normalized to U6 levels using the 2−ΔΔCt method.

Proliferation assay

LSCC cells (1×104) treated with either RP11-169D4.1-pLVX or empty vector were seeded into 96-well plates and cultured for 24, 48 and 72 h. Before the indicated time-point, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) (0.5 mg/ml, pH 4.7; Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) was added for 4 h. At the indicated times, the supernatant was removed and 150 µl of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was added to the plate before shaking for 15 min at room temperature. A microplate reader (Thermo Fisher Scientific) was used to measure the absorbance at 490 nm. The cell growth value was calculated from the mean values of 6 identical wells.

Flow cytometric analysis

LSCC cells (2–5×105) treated with either RP11-169D4.1-pLVX or negative control (NC) were seeded into 6-well plates. The cells were harvested by trypsinization after incubation for 48 h. The cells were double stained with Annexin V and 7-AAD (Nanjing KeyGen Biotech, Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China) in the dark for 30 min at 37°C. The cells were collected and analyzed on a flow cytometer (FACScan; BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) to determine the apoptosis levels.

Wound healing assay

Transfected cells (2–5×104/well) were cultured in 6-well plates and serum starved for 24 h, after which the medium was replaced with medium containing serum (10% FBS). A 100-µl pipette tip was used to scratch the cell monolayer, which was imaged at 0 and 24 h after the wounding.

Cell invasion assays

Cells (2×104/well) in 200 µl RPMI-1640 were seeded into the upper chamber of a Transwell apparatus with Matrigel (BD Biosciences) after transfection for 24 h. The lower chambers were filled with media containing 15% FBS. The LSCC cells were incubated for 24 h. After the cells invaded the membrane, they were fixed with 95% ethanol for 30 min. Cells on the lower surface were stained with 0.1% crystal violet, photographed in three independent fields and counted.

Western blot analysis

Total protein was isolated from LSCC cells. A BCA protein quantification kit was used to determine the protein concentration. Proteins were separated on a 10% sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel using SDS-PAGE and transferred electrophoretically onto polyvinylidene difluoride membranes (Whatman, Maidstone, UK). Then, the membranes were blocked for 1 h in 5% skim milk and washed three times with Tris-buffered saline containing 20% Tween-20 (TBST) at room temperature. The membranes were incubated with the primary antibodies overnight at 4°C, washed the following day with TBST and incubated with secondary antibody for 1 h at room temperature. Finally, the immunoreactivity was visualized by enhanced chemiluminescence.

Mouse monoclonal anti-GAPDH (cat. no. KM9002; 1:5,000; Tianjin Sungene Biotech, Co., Ltd,. Tianjin, China), rabbit monoclonal anti-vimentin (cat. no. 5741S; 1:1,000; Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA), rabbit monoclonal E-cadherin (cat. no. A0965; 1:1,000; ABclonad, Inc., Seoul, Korea), rabbit monoclonal SNAIL2 (cat. no. A0572; 1:500; ABclonad), rabbit monoclonal AKT (cat. no. 4691S; 1:1,000; Cell Signaling Technology) and rabbit monoclonal p-AKT (cat. no. 4060S; 1:2,000; Cell Signaling Technology) primary antibodies were used. Goat anti-mouse IgG-HRP (cat. no. BA1050; 1:5,000; Wuhan Boster Bio-engineering, Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China) and goat anti-rabbit IgG-HRP (cat. no. BA1055; 1:5,000; Wuhan Boster Bio-engineering) were used as secondary antibodies.

Argonaute 2 (AGO2) protein immunoprecipitation

LSCC cells were transfected with either miR-205-5p inhibitor or negative control (Qiagen) using the Lipofectamine 2000 reagent. Subsequently, a human Argonaute 2 (Ago2) miRNA isolation kit (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Osaka, Japan) was used to isolate the Ago2 complex. After transfection, the cells were lysed, and anti-Ago2 monoclonal antibody-immobilized beads (Wako Pure Chemical Industries) were added to the cell lysate. After incubation for 2 h at 4°C, the beads were washed with wash buffer, and the Ago2 complex was eluted from the beads. The levels of miR-205-5p and RP11-169D4.1 were measured from the eluted Ago2 complex. The PCR primer-probe pairs for RP11-169D4.1 quantification were as follows: forward primer, 5-CCGGAATTCCCCAGACACAG GGCAGCCTTCC-3 and reverse primer, 5-ATAAGAATG CGGCCGCTTTTATATAATATTTTGAAT-3; probe, #15 from the Universal Probe Library (Roche Applied Science). The PCR primer-probe pair for miR-205-5p quantification was as follows: 5-TCCTTCATTCCACCGGAGTCTG-3; probe #61. The expression level of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) was quantified using the Universal Probe Library Human GAPD Gene Assay (Roche Applied Science).

Statistical analysis

Data were reported as the means ± standard deviation from at least three independent experiments. All of the statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS 20.0 statistical software (IBM, New York, NY, USA) with either Students t-test (two tailed) or one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for multiple groups. Differences were considered statically significant at the probability of P<0.05.

Results

RP11-169D4.1 expression is downregulated in LSCC tissues and cell lines

The expression levels of lncRNA RP11-169D4.1 were evaluated by qRT-PCR in 51 paired LSCC tissues and adjacent normal tissues. As shown in Fig. 1A, RP11-169D4.1 expression was much lower in LSCC tissues than that in normal tissues (P<0.001). The clinicopathological characteristics of the 51 patients, including age, sex, tumor origin, TNM stage, lymph node metastasis, clinical stage and histological differentiation are presented in Table I. LncRNA RP11-169D4.1 expression in cancer tissues was associated with lymph node metastasis (P=0.029). The expression of RP11-169D4.1 was significantly downregulated in LSCC cell lines compared with normal throat epithelial cells as shown in Fig. 1B.

Table I.

Relationship between RP11-169D4.1 expression and tumor clinicopathological features in LSCC.

Table I.

Relationship between RP11-169D4.1 expression and tumor clinicopathological features in LSCC.

RP11-169D4.1 expression

VariablesCasesLow (26)High (25) P-valuea
Sex
  Male5025250.322
  Female  1  1  0
Age (years)
  <602911180.032a
  ≥602215  7
T stage
  T1-220  8120.208
  T3-4311813
Lymph node
  Positive2014  60.029a
  Negative311219
Clinical stage
  Early16  6100.193
  Advance352015
Histological differentiation
  Well and moderately differentiated2913160.313
  Poor and undifferentiated2213  9
CDH1 expression
  Low2617  90.036a
  High25  916
The correlation between RP11-169D4.1 and CDH1
Pearson correlation0.744
P-value <0.001b

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a P<0.05

b P<0.01.

RP11-169D4.1 suppresses proliferation and promotes apoptosis in LSCC cells

To investigate the role of RP11-169D4.1 in the regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis, SNU899 and SNU46 cells were transfected with RP11-169D4.1-pLVX. qRT-PCR was used to measure the expression of RP11-169D4.1, which was greatly increased (Fig. 1C and D).

The growth curves determined by the MTT assay showed that overexpression of RP11-169D4.1 could suppress the proliferation of SNU899 and SNU46 cells at 24, 48 and 72 h after transfection (Fig. 2A-D). The apoptosis assay showed that the percentage of apoptotic cells was significantly increased in response to RP11-169D4.1 overexpression compared with NC overexpression in SNU899 and SNU46 cells (Fig. 2E-H). These results indicated the anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic role of RP11-169D4.1 in LSCC cells.

RP11-169D4.1 inhibits migration and invasion in LSCC cells

To examine the effect of RP11-169D4.1 on migration and invasion of LSCC cells, wound healing and Transwell invasion assays were conducted. We found that LSCC cells transfected with RP11-169D4.1-pLVX showed less wound closure than cells transfected with empty pLVX vector (Fig. 3A and B). The Transwell assays showed that overexpression of RP11-169D4.1 inhibited the invasion of LSCC cells transfected with RP11-169D4.1-pLVX (Fig. 3C-F). These results suggest that RP11-169D4.1 contributes to the inhibition of the migratory and invasive capacity of LSCC cells.

RP11-169D4.1 inhibits EMT in LSCC cells

To determine whether overexpression of RP11-169D4.1 inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMT) in LSCC cells, we enhanced RP11-169D4.1 expression in SNU899 and SNU46 cells and examined the mRNA expression of EMT markers by RT-PCR and the protein levels by western blot assay. As illustrated in Fig. 4, the level of CDH1 was improved, and the levels of Snail2 and vimentin were reduced in cells transfected with RP11-169D4.1-pLVX. These results showed that RP11-169D4.1 was able to inhibit EMT in LSCC cells.

RP11-169D4.1 was targeted and inhibited by miR-205-5p

Given the observation that RP11-169D4.1 played an important role in regulating the biological properties of LSCC cells, we next investigated the potential mechanisms of RP11-169D4.1 using the bioinformatics tool RNA22 (16). RNA22 predicted that RP11-169D4.1 was a target of miR-205-5p (Fig. 5A). We transfected LSCC cells with either a miR-205-5p inhibitor or miR-NC and confirmed the transfection efficiency using RT-PCR. SNU899 and SNU46 cells with low expression of miR-205-5p showed higher levels of RP11-169D4.1 compared with the negative control cells (Fig. 5D). However, the overexpression of RP11-169D4.1 did not affect the expression of miR-205-5p in LSCC cells (Fig. 5E), which indicates that miR-205-5p might inhibit the expression of RP11-169D4.1.

We performed immunoprecipitation of endogenous protein-mRNA complexes in SNU899 and SNU46 cells. Both miR-205-5p and RP11-169D4.1 were enriched in the immunopurified AGO2 complex, suggesting that RP11-169D4.1 is an AGO2-selected transcript in the LSCC cell lines. In the cell lines transfected with the miR-205-5p inhibitor, the transcript level of mature miR-205-5p and RP11-169D4.1 dropped significantly compared with the cell lines transfected with miR-NC (Fig. 5B and C). The results indicated that mature miR-205-5p could possibly bind to the RP11-169D4.1 transcript and hinder RP11-169D4.1 expression by 3-UTR-mediated mRNA degradation.

CDH1 expression is downregulated and correlated with RP11-169D4.1 in LSCC tissues

CDH1, also known as E-cadherin, is a well-established tumor suppressor (1719). Loss of CDH1 can trigger EMT and also has a strong association with the invasive metastasis of various tumors (20,21). By using the Oncomine StarBase, large sets of data that show reduced CDH1 mRNA levels in various cancerous tissues compared to normal tissues can be searched (Fig. 6). To determine the correlation between RP11-169D4.1 and CDH1, we further analyzed the expression of CDH1 in 51 paired LSCC tissues and adjacent normal tissues. CDH1 was identified as having lower expression in LSCC tissues than in normal tissues (P=0.038; Fig. 7A). In addition, the correlation analysis revealed that there was a positive correlation between the expression of RP11-169D4.1 and CDH1 (P<0.001; R2=0.744) (Table I; Fig. 7B).

As shown in Fig. 4, the upregulation of RP11-169D4.1 could enhance the level of CDH1 protein

Furthermore, we found that the expression of CDH1 mRNA was significantly improved in the cells transfected with RP11-169D4.1-pLVX compared to cells transfected with empty vector. These results indicated that RP11-169D4.1 could modulate the expression of CDH1.

RP11-169D4.1 exerts its function via the AKT signaling pathway. According to studies that showed that loss of CDH1 could activate AKT signaling, we proposed that RP11-169D4.1 could regulate the AKT signaling pathway through CDH1. We detected the levels of AKT and phospho-AKT in LSCC cell lines. As expected, the level of p-AKT was reduced after cells were transfected with RP11-169D4.1-pLVX and total AKT levels were constant (Fig. 7C and D). These results suggest that RP11-169D4.1 may be a major player in the AKT signaling pathway.

Discussion

With the fast development of human genome and transcriptome sequencing technologies, much attention has been focused on lncRNA. lncRNAs could serve as potential diagnostic biomarkers and effective therapeutic targets. In the near future, in-depth research of lncRNAs is an attractive avenue to discover novel biomarkers or targets (22). To date, many studies have explored the various functions of lncRNAs in head and neck neoplasms (23). For example, the overexpression of UCA1 could promote the metastasis of TSCC cells (24). HOTAIR participated in PTEN methylation in Hep-2 cells (25) and had close correlation with miR-21 in LSCC (26). MALAT1 was a novel target of miR-217 and miR-101 and could stimulate the invasion and metastasis of ESCC cells (27).

It was observed that RP11-169D4.1 expression was downregulated in LSCC tissues and metastatic neck lymph nodes, and lower expression of RP11-169D4.1 predicted poor prognosis. In another study, the downregulation of RP11-169D4.1 in LSCC tissues was also observed (28). However, these studies were limited to its abnormal expression in LSCC. However, the specific function of RP11-169D4.1 and its potential mechanisms in LSCC still remain unknown.

In the present study, we first clarified the function of RP11-169D4.1, which was thought to play a tumor-suppressive role in LSCC. Moreover, RP11-169D4.1 expression was significantly correlated with LSCC metastasis to the neck lymph nodes. These data suggested that RP11-169D4.1 might participate in the metastasis of LSCC. The molecular mechanisms that control the expression of RP11-169D4.1 are now being elucidated. Through the bioinformatics tool RNA22, we know that RP11-169D4.1 might be a target of miR-205-5p. As an oncogenic microRNA, miR-205-5p has been well characterized for its role in LSCC (29). Some studies have indicated that miR-205-5p promotes the proliferation, migration and invasion of LSCC (30). Our findings highlight the interaction between miR-205-5p and the lncRNA RP11-169D4.1 during tumorigenesis and the progression of LSCC cells.

Next, we explored the molecular mechanisms underlying RP11-169D4.1 inhibition of EMT. EMT has been identified as a paramount event in the early periods of metastatic dissemination in various tumor cells. During these periods, tumor cells become more active and have a stronger invasive ability (31). The CDH1 gene encodes E-cadherin, which is a transmembrane glycoprotein and a prototypical member of the classical cadherin family. E-cadherin/CDH1 plays a critical role in preserving cell polarity as well as maintaining epithelial integrity. It was reported that CDH1 expression was correlated with the metastasis to neck lymph nodes and the TNM stages in LSCC (32). As CDH1 is the most commonly expressed gene during EMT, we investigated whether RP11-169D4.1 could regulate the expression of CDH1.

To further explore the mechanisms of RP11-169D4.1, we tried to find the potential signaling pathway of RP11-169D4.1. Previous studies have shown that CDH1 expression is regulated through the AKT pathway (33), and miR-205-5p promotes tumor metastasis by activating the AKT signaling (34), which indicates that RP11-169D4.1 might regulate the AKT signaling pathway by modulating CDH1. The AKT pathway is considered to be closely related to laryngeal carcinoma (35,36). These results suggest that the miR-205-5p/RP11-169D4.1/CDH1/AKT signaling pathway may play an important role in the development of LSCC.

EMT is a process that results in the migration, invasion and metastasis of cancer cells. At the same time, loss of CDH1 (E-cadherin) is considered as a fundamental event in EMT. Several studies indicate that patients with lymph node metastasis tend to have higher recurrence rate and poor prognosis and RP11-169D4.1 can be considered as a predictor of lymph node metastasis in patients. However, the specific mechanism of regulating CDH1 for RP11-169D4.1 still needs further exploration. Continued study of these molecules and an improved understanding of the lncRNA RP11-169D4.1 will facilitate the development of more effective therapies against human laryngeal carcinoma.

In conclusion, the lncRNA RP11-169D4.1 is downregulated in LSCC and is associated with lymph node metastasis. Overexpression of RP11-169D4.1 in LSCC cells decreased cell migration and invasion in vitro. miR-205-5p acted as the upstream molecule of RP11-169D4.1 activity. Furthermore, RP11-169D4.1 could suppress the process of EMT by modulating CDH1 expression. The miR-205-5p/RP11-169D4.1/CDH1/AKT signaling pathway is an important part of the molecular mechanisms of EMT in LSCC. RP11-169D4.1 may be a novel and valuable therapeutic target in predicting outcomes of patients with LSCC.

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Zhao J, Lv K, Li Z, Wu J, Gao W, Wong T, Luo J, Qin H, Wang B, Fu Q, Fu Q, et al: Functional significance of the long non-coding RNA RP11-169D4.1 as a metastasis suppressor in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by regulating CDH1. Oncol Rep 38: 211-220, 2017.
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Zhao, J., Lv, K., Li, Z., Wu, J., Gao, W., Wong, T. ... Lei, W. (2017). Functional significance of the long non-coding RNA RP11-169D4.1 as a metastasis suppressor in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by regulating CDH1. Oncology Reports, 38, 211-220. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2017.5645
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Zhao, J., Lv, K., Li, Z., Wu, J., Gao, W., Wong, T., Luo, J., Qin, H., Wang, B., Fu, Q., Lei, W."Functional significance of the long non-coding RNA RP11-169D4.1 as a metastasis suppressor in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by regulating CDH1". Oncology Reports 38.1 (2017): 211-220.
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Zhao, J., Lv, K., Li, Z., Wu, J., Gao, W., Wong, T., Luo, J., Qin, H., Wang, B., Fu, Q., Lei, W."Functional significance of the long non-coding RNA RP11-169D4.1 as a metastasis suppressor in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by regulating CDH1". Oncology Reports 38, no. 1 (2017): 211-220. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2017.5645