Fig. 7: Schematic diagram depicting the PI3K-phospho-YBX1 proliferation axis in HNC.

Oncogenic activation of PI3K signalling induces phosphorylation of YBX1 and nuclear translocation to promote cellular proliferation. Inactive PI3K signalling correlates with the cytoplasmic accumulation of YBX1 and the induction of EMT protein translation. The schematic was created using Biorender.com.