Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the PRDX3 and RPS19 and risk of HPV persistence and cervical precancer/cancer.

Host genetic factors might affect the risk of progression from infection with carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV), the etiologic agent for cervical cancer, to persistent HPV infection, and hence to cervical precancer and cancer.We assessed 18,310 tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 1...

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Main Authors: Mahboobeh Safaeian, Allan Hildesheim, Paula Gonzalez, Kai Yu, Carolina Porras, Qizhai Li, Ana Cecilia Rodriguez, Mark E Sherman, Mark Schiffman, Sholom Wacholder, Robert Burk, Rolando Herrero, Laurie Burdette, Stephen J Chanock, Sophia S Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3322120?pdf=render