Levels of MACC1 and EMMPRIN expression were analyzed in 65 paraffin‑embedded tissue specimens of TSCC and in the adjacent non-cancerous tissues using immunohistochemistry (IHC).
The present study evaluated the role of CD147 in the tumorigenesis of SCC of the tongue <i>in vitro</i>, as well as the association between CD147 expression and cervical lymph node metastasis in clinical samples of SCC of the tongue.