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. 1998 May 14;16(19):2447-58.
doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1201785.

Identification of novel molecular markers which correlate with HPV-induced tumor progression

M Nees  1 , E van Wijngaarden, E Bakos, A Schneider, M Dürst
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Identification of novel molecular markers which correlate with HPV-induced tumor progression

M Nees et al. Oncogene. .

Abstract

High risk HPVs (human papillomaviruses) are causally involved in the development of cervical cancer. However, other factors, such as somatic genetic alterations also play a decisive role in malignant conversion of cervical keratinocytes. Mutations and chromosomal aberrations are known to influence the pattern of gene expression. Therefore we used the recently developed RT-PCR based method of differential display of mRNAs to detect differences in gene expression which correlate with tumorigenicity. Non-tumorigenic HPV16-immortalized human foreskin keratinocytes (HPK IA) were compared with their tumorigenic counterparts and 49 different genes were identified which were either up- or downregulated. The identified genes encode proteins of the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix, the nuclear splicing apparatus, transcription regulators and membrane-associated proteins. The expression pattern of all genes was also examined by RNA-RNA in situ hybridization in biopsies of normal cervical epithelium, precancerous lesions and cancers. Two genes, C4.8 and C21.7, are of particular interest because their expression is upregulated in a subset of high grade precancerous lesions and in over 58% of cancers. These two genes may therefore be considered as putative progression markers. C4.8 is a new member of the transmembrane 4 (TM-4) protein family which includes tumor-associated antigens such as CD63 and TAPA-1, whereas C21.7 shows no significant homologies to any known genes or proteins.

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