We, in the present study, investigated the potential involvement of PTCSC3 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and explored its interactions with STAT3.
Impact of EGFR immunoexpression on STAT3 activation and association with proinflammatory/regulatory cytokine pattern in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
Cell proliferation, invasion, migration, cell cycle, and apoptosis assays were used to determine the role of miRNA-129-5p in the growth, invasion, and migration of LSCC cells and to determine the importance of STAT3 in these effects.
In vitro, SCC (HEP-2) cells treated with various cyclooxygenase inhibitors or transfected with constitutively active signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) or survivin vectors were analyzed using Western blot analysis, annexin V assay, and cell proliferation assay.
According to the results, miR-125b was observed to be significantly downregulated in LSCC, and its expression was significantly associated with clinical stage and alcohol history. miR-125b was also observed to decrease cell growth, migration and invasion in LSCC cells by directly targeting signal transducer and activator of transcription 3.