The interaction between steroid hormones, human papillomavirus type 16, E6 oncogene expression, and cervical cancer.
Various risk factors have been implicated in the causation of cervical cancer including human papillomavirus (HPV), the early genes (E6 and E7 ) of which encode the main transforming proteins. Studies have suggested that steroid hormones may enhance the expression of these genes leading to loss of p...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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