Twelve genes were downregulated in HNSCC tissues compared with the levels in the surrounding normal tissues (LTF, PDK4, ELANE, HRC, BCL2L15, CEACAM5, CEACAM1, NTRK3, CRYAB, CCDC178, CLU, and F10), and 38 genes were upregulated (CAV1, BIRC5, TUBB3, CDH2, NTRK1, LAMB3, FADD, NOX4, CDC25C, UBE2C, ITGA6, CSPG4, FOXC2, IFI27, TNC, COL4A2, COL13A1, E2F1, AFP, MNX1, ITGA5, PLAU, BST2, SPP1, LAMA3, ADCY10, SERPINE1, FN1, SPINK1, PTHLH, CDKN2A, LAMC2, SLCO1B3, MMP9, ONECUT1, HOTAIR, MMP11, and MMP13) (Figs. 2B and 2C). This evidence concerns the gene ITGA6 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.