These results suggest an abnormal expression of Dsc3, Dsg3, and beta-catenin induced in the progression of oral carcinomas and that the Dsc3 expression level might be related to the regulation of beta-catenin in lymph node metastasis and cell proliferation in OSCCs.
These genes included putative tumor suppressor genes (DKK3, SERPINF1, CDH11, DSC3, and KLF6), genes involved in or related to the EGFR pathways (ERBB3, MUC1, VAV1), genes involved in regulation of cell cycle and proliferation (CDKN1A and CDKN2A), a putative oncogene (EEF1A2), and a gene related to metastasis (MTSS1).
DSC3 expression was downregulated in 23 of 32 (72%) breast cancer specimens comprising: 22 invasive ductal carcinomas, 7 invasive lobular breast carcinomas, 2 invasive ductal carcinomas that metastasized to the lymph node, and a mucoid ductal carcinoma.