Detection of HPV DNA and immunohistochemical expression of cell cycle proteins in oral carcinoma in a population of brazilian patients

• Main Authors: Rosilene Calazans Soares (Author), Márcio Campos Oliveira (Author), Lélia Batista de Souza (Author), Antônio de Lisboa Lopes Costa (Author), Leão Pereira Pinto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study investigated the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA and viral types in 33 cases of oral squamous cells carcinoma (OSCC) and compared the immunohistochemical expression of the cell-cycle markers p21 and pRb between cases of the disease with and without HPV. DNA was extracted from p...