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Immortalization by human papillomavirus type 16 alters retinoid regulation of human ectocervical epithelial cell differentiation.
Cancer research - 1 Aug 1991
Agarwal C, Rorke E A, Irwin J C, Eckert R L
Abstract excerpt
Human cervical cells are a primary site of papillomavirus infection and 90% of all cervical tumors are positive for human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA. Over one-half million cases of HPV-associated cervical, vulvar, and penile cancers are reported per year. Yet, in spite of the magnitude of this problem, the effects of HPV infection on cervical cell growth and differentiation are not well characterized. To study...
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