HLA-G and oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: For instance, oral premalignant leukoplakias (OPLs), the PMLs and precursors of oral squamous cell carcinoma, were found to harbor increased expression of the immunoinhibitory mediators HLA-G, -E, PD-L1, IL-10, TGF-β2, and -β3 relative to the normal tissue, and with levels resembling those analyzed in oral squamous cell carcinoma tissues (241).