Article
Infection of human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and p53 expression in human esophageal carcinoma.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association - 1 May 1998
Khurshid A, Kazuya N, Hanae I, Manabu I
Abstract excerpt
To clarify the role of high risk human papillomavirus (HPV 16, 18 and 33) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in esophageal carcinogenesis in relation to expression of mutated p53 antioncogene, we used PCR to amplify DNA sequences of these viruses and immunohistochemistry to detect p53 express...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carcinoma
- Cocarcinogenesis
- DNA, Viral
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Esophagus
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, p53
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Male