Abstract:Objective To investigate the expression of Yes-associated protein (YAP), mammalian sterile 20-like kinase 1 (MST1), CyclinD1 (CyclinD1) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and their clinical significance. Methods The expression of YAP, MST1 and CyclinD1 in chronic nasopharyngeal mucositis tissues and nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissues were examined by immunohistochemical staining. Results The expression of YAP and CyclinD1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma were higher than those in nasopharyngeal mucosa (P?0.05). The expression of MST1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma was lower than that in nasopharyngeal mucosa (P?0.05). The expression of YAP and CyclinD1 were associated with pathological type (P?0.05). No obvious relationship was identified between target proteins and gender, age, survival time, lymph node metastasis, clinical stage, distant metastasis, recurrence or survival status (P?>?0.05). YAP and MST1 were positively correlated with CyclinD1 (P?0.05). Conclusions Increased expression of YAP, CyclinD1 and decreased expression of MST1 may be related to the occurrence and development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.