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Utilizing Murine Inducible Telomerase Alleles in the Studies of Tissue Degeneration/Regeneration and Cancer
Published on: April 13, 2015
Telomerase and the process of cervical carcinogenesis
M Nachajova1, D Brany2, D Dvorska2
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University, Mala Hora 4A, 036 01, Martin, Slovak Republic. marcela.nachajova@gmail.com.
Abstract:
The integration of HPV infection in the epithelial cells is a key step in the induction of malignant changes of cervical cancer. In addition, there appear also other genomic alterations. Multi-step nature of carcinogenesis includes sequential accumulation of genetic changes that lead to invasive growth and progression. It is therefore necessary to understand the cervical carcinogenesis accompanied by chromosomal aberrations. The most common aberrations contain regions 5p15 and 3q26 coding the enzyme telomerase. For cervical cancer, telomerase is already active in case of precancerous lesions. Amplification of chromosomal region 3q26 detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization has the highest combined sensitivity and specificity in distinguishing low-grade lesion of high-grade lesions or invasive disease compared to the liquid-based cytology (LBC) and HPV DNA.
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