Detection of human papillomavirus DNA by DNA chip in breast carcinomas of Korean women.
It remains unclear whether there is an association between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and human breast cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of HPV DNA in breast carcinomas of Korean women and to examine the possible association between HPV and breast cancer development. For this purpose, HPV DNAs from 154 patients, including 123 patients with breast carcinoma and 31 with intraductal papilloma, and nipple tissue from 27 cancer patients were examined using the DNA chip method. HPV DNA was detected in 8 breast carcinomas (6.5%) but in no intraductal papilloma. All detected HPV genotypes were of high-risk groups. There was a slightly increased incidence in papillary carcinomas (11.5%) and invasive ductal carcinomas with adjacent intraductal papillomas (11.8%) compared to the other histological subtypes (3.2-4.3%), although the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.126). The presence of HPV DNA was not correlated with specific prognostic predictors of disease. High-risk HPV DNA sequences were present in 6.5% of Korean patients with breast tumors. However, this study could not demonstrate whether or not such HPVs directly contribute to the development of breast cancer.
Choi
Yoon-La
YL
Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Cho
Eun Yoon
EY
Kim
Jung Han
JH
Nam
Seok Jin
SJ
Oh
Young Lyun
YL
Song
Sang Yong
SY
Yang
Jung-Hyun
JH
Kim
Dae Shick
DS
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007723:Korea; D008875:Middle Aged; D009558:Nipples / Q000821:virology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D018300:Papilloma, Intraductal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
D004279:DNA, Viral; D012333:RNA, Messenger