Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 is an important risk factor associated with cervical cancer, more than 50% of cervical cancer tissues have DNA of HPV 16. Intratypic variants have been reported, although they differ in prevalence, biological and biochemical properties, their implication in the aetiology of cervical cancer is still uncertain.
Objective: To identify HPV type 16 E6 variants among Mexican women with diagnosis of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) or invasive cancer (IC).
Study Design: Forty HPV16-positive samples were included, 15 were from women with LSIL, 25 from women with IC; 610 pb from the E6 gene were amplified by PCR and the variant status subsequently determined by hybridization with 27 biotinilated probes. Statistical analysis was performed with chi2, odds ratio (OR).
Results: In the LSIL group we only found ten (66%) EP and five (33%) EP350G variants. In the IC group, four variants were found; 11 (44%) AA, seven (28%) EP, six (24%) EP350G, one (4%) Af2. Comparison of the frequency of variants differed from EP in both groups of patients (P=0.01) with an odds ratio (OR) of 5.14 (CI 95% [1.07-26.56]).
Conclusion: This study demonstrates an association between HPV type 16 variants different from prototype (EP) and invasive cervical cancer.
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Infect Agent Cancer
January 2025
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Both women and men are now confronted with the grave threat of cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). It is estimated that 80% of women may encounter HPV over their lives. In the preponderance of cases involving anal, head and neck, oral, oropharyngeal, penile, vaginal, vulvar, and cervical malignancies, high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) is the causative agent.
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College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China.
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Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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January 2025
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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