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In this study, we evaluated the distribution of four components at the cell level (about 10 \u03bcm) to describe the changes in protein and molecular structures of protein belonging to malignant tissue. We analyzed ten oral SCC samples of five patients without special pretreatments of the use of formaldehyde. We obtained cell level images of the oral SCC cells at various components (peak at 935 cm\u22121: proline and valine, 1004 cm\u22121: phenylalanine, 1223 cm\u22121: nucleic acids, and 1650 cm\u22121: amide I). These mapping images of SCC cells showed the distribution of nucleic acids in the nuclear areas; meanwhile, proline and valine, phenylalanine, and amide I were detected in the cytoplasm areas of the SCC cells. Furthermore, the peak of amide I in the cancer area shifts to the higher wavenumber side, which indicates the \u03b1-helix component may decrease in its relative amounts of protein in the \u03b2-sheet or random coil conformation. Imaging of SCC cells with Raman micro-spectroscopy technique indicated that such a new observation of cancer cells is useful for analyzing the detailed distribution of various molecular conformation within SCC cells.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules26123640","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,15]],"date-time":"2021-06-15T21:24:29Z","timestamp":1623792269000},"page":"3640","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Imaging of Oral SCC Cells by Raman Micro-Spectroscopy Technique"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Hidetaka","family":"Kinoshita","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Fukui General Hospital, Egami, Fukui 910-8561, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fukui College of Health Sciences, Egami, Fukui 910-3190, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Norio","family":"Miyoshi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba University, Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Toshiyuki","family":"Ogasawara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Fukui General Hospital, Egami, Fukui 910-8561, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"249","DOI":"10.1034\/j.1600-0528.2000.280402.x","article-title":"Trends in oral cancer rates in the United States, 1973\u20131996","volume":"28","author":"Shiboski","year":"2000","journal-title":"Community Dent. 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