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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Lara Termini
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-4524 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Termini Lara L Boccardo Enrique E Esteves Gustavo H GH Hirata Roberto R Martins Waleska K WK Colo Anna Estela L AE Neves E Jordão EJ Villa Luisa Lina LL Reis Luiz Fl LF
BMC medical genomics 20080627
<h4>Background</h4>Persistent infection by high risk HPV types (e.g. HPV-16, -18, -31, and -45) is the main risk factor for development of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a key mediator of epithelial cell inflammatory response and exerts a potent cytostatic effect on normal or HPV16, but not on HPV18 immortalized keratinocytes. Moreover, several cervical carcinoma-derived cell lines are resistant to TNF anti-proliferative effect suggesting t ...[more]