Human papillomavirus type 18 is associated with less apoptosis in fibroblast tumours than human papillomavirus type 16.
In human cervical neoplasia human papillomavirus (HPV) type 18 has a higher cancer/cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) prevalence ratio than HPV 16. Fibrosarcomas derived from rat fibroblasts transfected with HPV 16 or 18 genomes showed increased apoptosis compared with controls. However, HPV 18 was associated with significantly less apoptosis than HPV 16, affording one possible explanation for the more rapidly progressive cervical neoplasia associated with HPV 18.
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D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000235:genetics
D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral