Abstract
This is the investigation of the relationship between the neoplastic cell proliferation and the expression of bcl-2 and c-myc in human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative and HPV-positive cervical intraepithelial neoplasms (CIN). The expression of bcl-2 and c-myc was studied using quantitative immunohistochemistry in 20 specimens of normal cervical squamous epithelium and 73 specimens of CIN. To analyze the neoplastic cell proliferation rate, the Ki-67 labelling index was determined; the latter was significantly different between normal epithelium and various grades of CIN (p < 0.0001). The highest proliferation rate was found in high-grade CIN. In precancerous lesions, we found the number of bcl-2 positive cells lower than in normal epithelium, but with a significant difference between low-grade and high-grade CIN (p < 0.0001). The highest percentage of bcl-2 positive neoplastic cells was found in high-grade CIN. C-myc was rarely expressed in normal epithelium. Similar to the Ki-67 labelling index, c-myc immunostaining correlated with the histological grade of CIN, with the highest percentage of c-myc positive nuclei occurring in high-grade CIN (p < 0.0001). In contrast to bcl-2 immunoreactivity, the c-myc significantly was more exp...Continue Reading
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