Methylation of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Genome and Risk of Cervical Precancer in a Costa Rican Population
Author(s) -
Lisa Mirabello,
Chang Sun,
Arpita Ghosh,
Ana Cecilia Rodríguez,
Mark Schiffman,
Nicolas Wentzensen,
Allan Hildesheim,
Rolando Herrero,
Sholom Wacholder,
Attila T. Lörincz,
Robert D. Burk
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jnci journal of the national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.797
H-Index - 356
eISSN - 1460-2105
pISSN - 0027-8874
DOI - 10.1093/jnci/djs135
Subject(s) - cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , methylation , cervical cancer , dna methylation , human papillomavirus , koilocyte , population , biology , genetics , medicine , cancer , gene , gene expression , environmental health
Previous studies have suggested an association between human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) genome methylation and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN3) (ie, cervical precancer) and cancer, but the results have been inconsistent.
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