The Effect of Tobacco Smoke N-Nitrosamines, NNK and NDEA, and Nicotine, on DNA Mismatch Repair Mechanism and miRNA Markers, in Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An In Vivo Model and Clinical Evidence
Doukas SG, Vageli DP, Doukas PG, Nikitovic D, Tsatsakis A, Judson BL. The Effect of Tobacco Smoke N-Nitrosamines, NNK and NDEA, and Nicotine, on DNA Mismatch Repair Mechanism and miRNA Markers, in Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An In Vivo Model and Clinical Evidence. Current Oncology 2022, 29: 5531-5549. PMID: 36005175, PMCID: PMC9406897, DOI: 10.3390/curroncol29080437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaClinical evidenceCell carcinomaTobacco smokeChronic exposureUpper aerodigestive tract cancerHuman hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaAerodigestive tract cancerUpper aerodigestive tract carcinogenesisAerodigestive tract carcinogenesisDose-dependent effectDNA mismatch repair mechanismHypopharyngeal cellsTract cancerTobacco smokersPoor prognosisHypopharyngeal mucosaMouse modelClinical testingVivo modelMiR-155MiR-451aVivo dose-dependent effectMismatch repair mechanismNoxious Combination of Tobacco Smoke Nitrosamines with Bile, Deoxycholic Acid, Promotes Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, via NFκB, In Vivo.
Vageli DP, Doukas PG, Doukas SG, Tsatsakis A, Judson BL. Noxious Combination of Tobacco Smoke Nitrosamines with Bile, Deoxycholic Acid, Promotes Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, via NFκB, In Vivo. Cancer Prevention Research 2022, 15: 297-308. PMID: 35502554, DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-21-0529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaTobacco smoke componentsSquamous cell carcinomaAerodigestive tract carcinogenesisBile refluxRisk factorsHypopharyngeal cancerCell carcinomaChronic exposureNFκB activationVivo modelUpper aerodigestive tract cancerNoxious combinationLarge-scale studiesIndependent risk factorAerodigestive tract cancerUpper aerodigestive tract carcinogenesisHigh-risk individualsVivo chronic exposurePresence of bileSilent progressionTract cancerTobacco smokingInvasive carcinomaPremalignant lesions