title: Correlation of mitotic abnormalities and the presence of human papillomavirus antigens in squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity.
abstract: To determine the association of human papillomavirus (HPV) with oral cancer lesions containing abnormal mitoses, we analysed 54 of them by immunohistochemical techniques for the presence of HPV structural antigens and correlated the results with their histology. Sixteen out of 19 lesions with abnormal mitotic figures (MFs) and 15 of the 25 lesions with normal MFs contained the HPV antigen. However, 9 of the 11 koilocytotic lesions with abnormal MFs and 13 of the 17 lesions with normal MFs were HPV antigen-positive. The nature of mitosis was not influenced by the grades of koilocytosis. No correlation of HPV antigen positivity and severity of the oral carcinomas was observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumour Virology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000473:pathology; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008875:Middle Aged; D008938:Mitosis; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor