Article
Correlation between human papillomavirus positivity and p53 gene overexpression in adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Apr 1997
Uchiyama M, Iwasaka T, Matsuo N, Hachisuga T, Mori M, Sugimori H
Abstract excerpt
In the pathogenesis of cervical squamous cell carcinoma, an inverse correlation between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and mutation of the p53 anti-oncogene has been suggested. Much less is known of a possible correlation in the case of adenocarcinoma of cervix. Twenty-five cervical adenoca...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Adenosquamous
- Cervix Uteri
- DNA, Neoplasm
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections