• The effect of interleukin-17F on vasculogenic mimicry in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma 

      Almahmoudi, Rabeia; Salem, Abdelhakim; Hadler-Olsen, Elin Synnøve; Svineng, Gunbjørg; Salo, Tuula; Al-Samadi, Ahmed (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-20)
      Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide and is characterized by early metastasis and poor prognosis. Recently, we reported that extracellular interleukin-17F (IL-17F) correlates with better disease-specific survival in OTSCC patients and has promising anticancer effects in vitro. Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is the formation of an alternative vasculogenic ...
    • Evaluation Challenges in the validation of B7-H3 as oral tongue cancer prognosticator 

      Sieviläinen, Meri; Wirsing, Anna Maria; Hyytiäinen, Aini; Almahmoudi, Rabeia; Rodrigues, Priscila; Bjerkli, Inger-Heidi; Åström, Pirjo; Toppila‑Salmi, Sanna; Paavonen, Timo; Coletta, Ricardo D.; Hadler‑Olsen, Elin; Salo, Tuula; Al‑Samadi, Ahmed (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-21)
      B7-H3 was the only molecule identified with prognostic potential from a recent systematic review of the prognostic value of immune checkpoints in oral cancer. We aimed to validate this finding in a multicenter international cohort. We retrospectively retrieved 323 oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) samples from three different countries (Brazil, Finland, and Norway) for immunostaining and ...