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p16(INK4a) overexpression is not linked to oncogenic human papillomaviruses in patients with high-grade urothelial cancer cells.
Cancer cytopathology - 1 Oct 2014
Piaton Eric, Casalegno Jean-Sébastien, Advenier Anne-Sophie, Decaussin-Petrucci Myriam, Mege-Lechevallier Florence, Ruffion Alain, Mekki Yahia
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BACKGROUND: p16(INK4a) Is overexpressed in almost all precancerous and carcinomatous lesions of the uterine cervix, secondary to interference between high-risk human papillomaviruses (hr-HPVs) and the retinoblastoma gene product. Overexpression of p16(INK4a) has also been identified in patients with high-grade urothelial lesions, both cytologically and histologically. However, the etiological role of HPV has not...
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