Prevalence of the integration status for human papillomavirus 16 in esophageal carcinoma samples.

CONCLUSION: A high prevalence of HPV16 suggested that HPV16 has an etiological effect on the progress of EC. Integration of HPV16 is more common than episome genome in the host cells, indicating that continuous HPV infection is the key to esophageal epithelial cell malignant conversion and canceration.
PMID: 29749321 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology - March 1, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Li S, Shen H, Li J, Hou X, Zhang K, Li J Tags: Turk J Gastroenterol Source Type: research