PMID: 16637315Apr 28, 2006Paper

Expression of human papilloma virus (HPV) and P16ink4a in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and papilloma

Akusherstvo i ginekologii︠a︡
I VasilevS Stoianov

Abstract

p16ink4a Is a tumor-supressor gene and a key regulator of the cell cycle. The neoplastic cervical epithelium (squamous and cylindric) intensely expresses the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16ink4a. It was shown that the expression of p16ink4a in the squamous cervical cancer was induced by HPV. The aim of our study was to reveal the frequency of expression of p16ink4a and of HPV in the different grades of CIN and in the papilomatous cervical lesions. We used biopsy material (n=11) and cone biopsies (n=10), collected from women with different grades of CIN and with papillomatous lesions, having different grades of koilocytotic dysplasia. The biopsy material, collected from one woman with squamous cervical cancer was also studied. Using the immunohistochemical procedure we determined the expression of p16ink4a and HPV in the changed squamous cervical epithelium. We found that the neoplastic epithelium in CIN II and CIN III intensely expressed p16ink4a. We observed positive immune reaction for HPV in only 22.7% from the cases with papillomatous lesions, having koilocytic dysplasia. In conclusion we can state that p16ink4a could be used as a marker for the exact determination of CIN lesions in the cervix uteri. The koilocytic dy...Continue Reading

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