title: Herpes simplex virus and human cancer. III. Search for relationship of herpes simplex antibodies and cervical dysplasia and labial neoplasia.
abstract: We employed the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), indirect hemagglutination (IHA), and complement fixation (CF) methods to measure antibody titer to herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) in patients affected by labial tumors or cervical dysplasias. No relationship of antibody titer to HSV-1 and labial tumors was detected by any of the three methods. Association between antibody titer to HSV-2 and cervical dysplasias was revealed by IHA (p less than 0.05) and ELISA (p less than 0.001); CF tests were negative. Moreover, we assayed for HSV-specific antigens in cell cultures derived from labial tumors and cervical dysplasias. In cultures from labial tumors, it was not possible to detect HSV-specific antigens. Of the 25 cultures derived from cervical dysplasias, HSV antigens were found in only 3 cultures.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000276:immunology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral