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The Prevalence of High- and Low-Risk Types of HPV in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck, Patients with Chronic Tonsillitis, and Healthy Individuals Living in Poland. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11122180. [PMID: 34943415 PMCID: PMC8699972 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11122180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus with the potential to infect human epithelial cells and an etiological agent of many types of cancer, including head and neck cancer. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of HPV infection in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), patients with chronic tonsillitis, and healthy individuals, and to establish high- and low-risk HPV genotypes in these groups. The objectives also comprised the delineation of the relationship between the infection with high- or low-risk HPV subtypes and clinicopathological and demographic characteristics of the study groups. This study was composed of 76 patients diagnosed with HNSCC, 71 patients with chronic tonsillitis, and 168 cases without either of these conditions (the control group). HPV detection and identification of subtypes were performed on isolated DNA using a test which allowed detection of 33 common high-risk and low-risk HPV subtypes. The prevalence of HPV infection was 42.1%, 25.4%, and 37.5% in HNSCC, chronic tonsillitis, and control groups, respectively. HPV 16 was the most prevalent genotype in all groups and the non-oncogenic HPV 43/44 was frequent in HNSCC patients. This analysis provides insight into the prevalence of oral oncogenic and non-oncogenic HPVs in patients with head and neck cancer, patients with chronic tonsillitis and healthy individuals, and leads to the conclusion that further investigations are warranted to examine a larger cohort of patients focusing on high- and low-risk HPV genotypes. Efforts should be focused on screening and prevention strategies, and therefore, it is important to introduce tools for effective detection of HPV genotypes. Furthermore, given the role of vaccines against oral HPV infection, our observations lead to the suggestion that HPV vaccination should be of considerable importance in public health strategies.
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Was H, Borkowska A, Olszewska A, Klemba A, Marciniak M, Synowiec A, Kieda C. Polyploidy formation in cancer cells: How a Trojan horse is born. Semin Cancer Biol 2021; 81:24-36. [PMID: 33727077 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2021.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ploidy increase has been shown to occur in different type of tumors and participate in tumor initiation and resistance to the treatment. Polyploid giant cancer cells (PGCCs) are cells with multiple nuclei or a single giant nucleus containing multiple complete sets of chromosomes. The mechanism leading to formation of PGCCs may depend on: endoreplication, mitotic slippage, cytokinesis failure, cell fusion or cell cannibalism. Polyploidy formation might be triggered in response to various genotoxic stresses including: chemotherapeutics, radiation, hypoxia, oxidative stress or environmental factors like: air pollution, UV light or hyperthermia. A fundamental feature of polyploid cancer cells is the generation of progeny during the reversal of the polyploid state (depolyploidization) that may show high aggressiveness resulting in the formation of resistant disease and tumor recurrence. Therefore, we propose that modern anti-cancer therapies should be designed taking under consideration polyploidization/ depolyploidization processes, which confer the polyploidization a hidden potential similar to a Trojan horse delayed aggressiveness. Various mechanisms and stress factors leading to polyploidy formation in cancer cells are discussed in this review.
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- Halina Was
- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Innovative Therapies, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserow 128 Street, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Innovative Therapies, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserow 128 Street, Warsaw, Poland; Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine, Zwirki i Wigury 61 Street, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Innovative Therapies, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserow 128 Street, Warsaw, Poland; Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine, Zwirki i Wigury 61 Street, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Innovative Therapies, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserow 128 Street, Warsaw, Poland; College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2c Street, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Innovative Therapies, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserow 128 Street, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Innovative Therapies, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserow 128 Street, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Innovative Therapies, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserow 128 Street, Warsaw, Poland
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Christensen ND, Chen KM, Hu J, Stairs DB, Sun YW, Aliaga C, Balogh KK, Atkins H, Shearer D, Li J, Brendle SA, Gowda K, Amin S, Walter V, Viscidi R, El-Bayoumy K. The environmental pollutant and tobacco smoke constituent dibenzo[def,p]chrysene is a co-factor for malignant progression of mouse oral papillomavirus infections. Chem Biol Interact 2021; 333:109321. [PMID: 33186600 PMCID: PMC9340668 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2020.109321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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HPV infections in the oral cavity that progress to cancer are on the increase in the USA. Model systems to study co-factors for progression of these infections are lacking as HPVs are species-restricted and cannot grow in preclinical animal models. We have recently developed a mouse papillomavirus (MmuPV1) oral mucosal infection model that provides opportunities to test, for the first time, the hypothesis that tobacco carcinogens are co-factors that can impact the progression of oral papillomas to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Four cohorts of mice per sex were included: (1) infected with MmuPV1 and treated orally with DMSO-saline; (2) infected with MmuPV1 and treated orally with the tobacco carcinogen, dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBP); (3) uninfected and treated orally with DMSO-saline, and (4) uninfected and treated orally with DBP. Oral swabs were collected monthly for subsequent assessment of viral load. Oral tissues were collected for in situ viral DNA/RNA detection, viral protein staining, and pathological assessment for hyperplasia, papillomas and SCC at study termination. We observed increased rates of SCC in oral tissue infected with MmuPV1 and treated with DBP when compared to mice treated with DBP or virus individually, each of which showed minimal disease. Virally-infected epithelium showed strong levels of viral DNA/RNA and viral protein E4/L1 staining. In contrast, areas of SCC showed reduced viral DNA staining indicative of lower viral copy per nucleus but strong RNA signals. Several host markers (p120 ctn, p53, S100A9) were also examined in the mouse oral tissues; of particular significance, p120 ctn discriminated normal un-infected epithelium from SCC or papilloma epithelium. In summary, we have confirmed that our infection model is an excellent platform to assess the impact of co-factors including tobacco carcinogens for oral PV cancerous progression. Our findings can assist in the design of novel prevention/treatment strategies for HPV positive vs. HPV negative disease.
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- Neil D Christensen
- The Jake Gittlen Laboratories for Cancer Research, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA; Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- The Jake Gittlen Laboratories for Cancer Research, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA; Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- The Jake Gittlen Laboratories for Cancer Research, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- The Jake Gittlen Laboratories for Cancer Research, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- The Jake Gittlen Laboratories for Cancer Research, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- The Jake Gittlen Laboratories for Cancer Research, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
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Chemopreventive Role of Apigenin against the Synergistic Carcinogenesis of Human Papillomavirus and 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone. Biomedicines 2020; 8:biomedicines8110472. [PMID: 33158065 PMCID: PMC7694184 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines8110472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Tobacco smoke and human papillomavirus (HPV) are both crucial causes of cancer, and their cooperative carcinogenesis has drawn more attention in recent years. Apigenin (AP), a typical flavonoid abundantly found in flowers of plants, vegetables, and fruits, has been demonstrated to exert an anti-carcinogenic effect on various types of cancer. In this study, we investigated the capability of AP against malignant transformation and DNA damage of immortalized human esophageal epithelial (SHEE) cells induced by the synergism of HPV18 and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK). The results indicated that the enhancement of migration, invasion, and proliferation ability of SHEE cells induced by HPV and NNK could be effectively inhibited by AP. Moreover, the levels of pyridyloxybutylated (POB)-DNA adducts induced by NNK via P450-catalyzed metabolic activation could also be significantly suppressed by AP. Further analyses on the molecular mechanism revealed that AP inhibited the synergistic carcinogenesis of NNK and HPV on SHEE cells by reducing the expression of mutp53, CDK4, Cyclin D1, and p-Rb (Ser 780), increasing caspase-3 activity, thereby arresting the cell cycle at G1 phase and promoting apoptosis of SHEE cells. We hypothesize that the decrease in NNK-induced POB-DNA adduct levels is related to the deactivation of P450 by AP, which needs to be confirmed in future studies. This study highlights that AP may be employed as a promising chemopreventive agent against cancers in smokers with an HPV infection.
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Zhuang Z, Li J, Sun G, Cui X, Zhang N, Zhao L, Chan PKS, Zhong R. Synergistic Effect between Human Papillomavirus 18 and 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone on Malignant Transformation of Immortalized SHEE Cells. Chem Res Toxicol 2019; 33:470-481. [PMID: 31874558 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Zhuochen Zhuang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Departments of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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Rajagopalan P, Patel K, Jain AP, Nanjappa V, Datta KK, Subbannayya T, Mangalaparthi KK, Kumari A, Manoharan M, Coral K, Murugan S, Nair B, Prasad TSK, Mathur PP, Gupta R, Gupta R, Khanna-Gupta A, Califano J, Sidransky D, Gowda H, Chatterjee A. Molecular alterations associated with chronic exposure to cigarette smoke and chewing tobacco in normal oral keratinocytes. Cancer Biol Ther 2018; 19:773-785. [PMID: 29723088 DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2018.1470724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Tobacco usage is a known risk factor associated with development of oral cancer. It is mainly consumed in two different forms (smoking and chewing) that vary in their composition and methods of intake. Despite being the leading cause of oral cancer, molecular alterations induced by tobacco are poorly understood. We therefore sought to investigate the adverse effects of cigarette smoke/chewing tobacco exposure in oral keratinocytes (OKF6/TERT1). OKF6/TERT1 cells acquired oncogenic phenotype after treating with cigarette smoke/chewing tobacco for a period of 8 months. We employed whole exome sequencing (WES) and quantitative proteomics to investigate the molecular alterations in oral keratinocytes chronically exposed to smoke/ chewing tobacco. Exome sequencing revealed distinct mutational spectrum and copy number alterations in smoke/ chewing tobacco treated cells. We also observed differences in proteomic alterations. Proteins downstream of MAPK1 and EGFR were dysregulated in smoke and chewing tobacco exposed cells, respectively. This study can serve as a reference for fundamental damages on oral cells as a consequence of exposure to different forms of tobacco.
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- Pavithra Rajagopalan
- a Institute of Bioinformatics, International Tech Park , Bangalor , India.,b School of Biotechnology , Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology , Bhubaneswar , India
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- a Institute of Bioinformatics, International Tech Park , Bangalor , India.,c School of Biotechnology , Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham , Kollam , India
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- a Institute of Bioinformatics, International Tech Park , Bangalor , India.,b School of Biotechnology , Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology , Bhubaneswar , India
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- a Institute of Bioinformatics, International Tech Park , Bangalor , India
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- a Institute of Bioinformatics, International Tech Park , Bangalor , India.,c School of Biotechnology , Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham , Kollam , India
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- c School of Biotechnology , Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham , Kollam , India
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- a Institute of Bioinformatics, International Tech Park , Bangalor , India.,e NIMHANS-IOB Bioinformatics and Proteomics Laboratory , Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences , Bangalore , India.,f Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine , Yenepoya , Mangalore , India
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- b School of Biotechnology , Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology , Bhubaneswar , India.,g Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology , School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University , Pondicherry , India
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- d Medgenome Labs Pvt. Ltd. , Bangalore , India
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- d Medgenome Labs Pvt. Ltd. , Bangalore , India
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- h Department of Surgery , UC San Diego, Moores Cancer Center , La Jolla , CA , USA
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- i Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore , MD , USA
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- a Institute of Bioinformatics, International Tech Park , Bangalor , India
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- a Institute of Bioinformatics, International Tech Park , Bangalor , India
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Polz-Gruszka D, Morshed K, Stec A, Polz-Dacewicz M. Prevalence of Human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in south-eastern Poland. Infect Agent Cancer 2015; 10:37. [PMID: 26462255 PMCID: PMC4601137 DOI: 10.1186/s13027-015-0031-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of HPV and EBV in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in south-eastern Poland. The correlation between viral infection, OSCC, alcohol use, tobacco smoking, demographic data (gender, age, place of residence), anatomic location, pre-treatment staging, evidence of metastases to lymph nodes, and grading was also investigated. METHODS The examination samples were collected from paraffin tissue blocks, from 154 patients. Viral DNA was amplified by the nested-PCR method. RESULTS HPV DNA was detected in 29.2 % of the tested samples (in 27.4 % of oropharyngeal and in 30.4 % of oral cavity). The HPV type 16 was detected in 15.6 % of all samples, and in 53.3 % of HPV-positive group. In HPV-positive samples from oropharyngeal HPV 16 constitute 76.5 %, and in HPV-positive samples from oral cavity HPV 16 constitute 39.3 %. Mixed infection (more than one type of HPV) was observed in 23.5 and 60.7 %, respectively, and in 46.7 % of all HPV-positive samples, and in 12.3 % of the whole study group. EBV DNA was detected in 27.3 % of the cases and HPV-EBV co-infection in 7.8 % of samples. CONCLUSIONS In major patients from Southeastern region of Poland with oropharyngeal cancer HPV type 16 was detected but in oral cavity cancer other mixed infections were observed (i.e. 51, 52, 59, 66, 68, 71, 74). HPV 16 was detected more often among patients younger than 50 years of age, whereas the mixed HPV in the group aged 50-59. The pathogenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma may be connected with EBV infection. Future studies on the mechanisms of HPV/EBV co-infection and/or superinfection and their role in oral squamous cell carcinoma are necessary.
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- Dorota Polz-Gruszka
- />Department of Virology, Medical University of Lublin, ul. Chodźki 1, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
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- />Chair and Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, ul. Jaczewskiego 8, 20-054 Lublin, Poland
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- />Department of Virology, Medical University of Lublin, ul. Chodźki 1, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
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