ABSENCE OF IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION EVIDENCE FOR LATENT-PHASE OR LYTIC-PHASE EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS INFECTION OF PREINVASIVE SQUAMOUS LESIONS OF THE CERVIX

被引:21
作者
PAYNE, S
KERNOHAN, NM
WALKER, F
机构
[1] Department of Pathology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB9 2ZD, University Medical Buildings, Foresterhill
关键词
EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS; CERVIX; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA (CIN);
D O I
10.1002/path.1711760303
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
To investigate whether Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection of the uterine cervix plays a significant role in cervical carcinogenesis, 30 preinvasive squamous lesions were subjected to in situ hybridization for (EBER-1,-2, and BHLF1) EBV transcripts which are expressed in latent and lytic infection, respectively. Twenty cases were known to contain EBV sequences by previous polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. Irrespective of EBV PCR status or histological grade, none of the 30 cases demonstrated EBV transcripts in squamous epithelial cells. Two cases showed very occasional EBER-positive stromal cells, most probably representing resident cervical lymphocytes. These findings suggest that EBV plays no part in early cervical carcinogenesis.
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