Prognostic significance of overexpressed p16INK4a in patients with cervical cancer: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: p16INK4a is a tumor suppressor protein which is induced in cells upon the interaction of high-risk HPV E7 with the retinoblastoma protein by a positive feedback loop, but cannot exert its suppressing effect. Previous reports suggested that p16INK4a immunostaining allows precise identific...

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Main Authors: Jiaying Lin, Andreas E Albers, Jinbao Qin, Andreas M Kaufmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4154680?pdf=render