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High seroprevalence of human herpesvirus type 8 in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Cirrhosis patients have immunologic insufficiency and a high seroprevalence of human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV-8). Nearly all hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients are cirrhotic and have immunoabnormalities. T...
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Repression of miR-126 and upregulation of adrenomedullin in the stromal endothelium by cancer-stromal cross talks confers angiogenesis of cervical cancer
miR-126 is an endothelial-specific microRNA essential for maintaining vessel integrity during development. Its role of tumor angiogenesis in cancer stroma is unclear. This study investigated the temporal and s...
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Epigenetic silencing of PTPRR activates MAPK signaling, promotes metastasis and serves as a biomarker of invasive cervical cancer
Epigenetic modifications are a driving force in carcinogenesis. However, their role in cancer metastasis remains poorly understood. The present study investigated the role of DNA methylation in the cervical ca...
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Open AccessCost-effectiveness analysis of human papillomavirus DNA testing and Pap smear for cervical cancer screening in a publicly financed health-care system
To evaluate the long-term cost-effectiveness of different strategies for human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing combined with Pap smear for cervical cancer screening in Taiwan.
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Open AccessLong-term outcomes of high-risk human papillomavirus infection support a long interval of cervical cancer screening
Knowing that infection of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) causes virtually all cervical cancer (CC), the long-term outcomes of HPV infection, especially the absolute risk and time lapse of develo** CC, ...
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Open AccessHuman papillomaviral load changes in low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the uterine cervix
To better predict risk of progression of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSILs) of the uterine cervix in women with human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, 294 baseline cervical specimens from women...
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Effects of E5a and E7 genes of human papillomavirus type 11 on immortalized human epidermal keratinocytes and NIH 3T3 cells
The E5a gene of HPV-11 expressed in NIH 3T3 cells led to tumorigenesis in nude mice; whereas when expressed in keratinocytes, E5a induced anchorage independent growth, but was nontumorigenic in nude mice. The ...
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Mathoematical Analysis of a Layer Extraction Method for Separating Clay-Size Material from Soils
This paper presents a layer extraction method for obtaining a representative sample of clay-size material from a soil suspension. This method is especially advantageous in preparing a sample of relatively larg...