Association between high risk HPV viral load, p16(INK4A) expression and intra-epithelial cervical

OBJECTIVE. To determine the (HR-HPV) high risk HPV viral load in squamous intra-epithelial lesions and association with p(16INK4A) expression. METHOS. A series of 109 cervical biopsies were studied (57 normal tissue, 26 low grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions [LSIL] and 26 high grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions [HSIL]). Detection of high risk HPV and viral load In cervical cells was made by molecular biology using hybrid capture 2nd generation collected before the biopsy. The p16(INK4a) was identified by immunohistochemistry using the p16(INK4a) kit (clone E6H4). RESULTs. High risk HPV was positive in 57.8% of all cases (29.8% in normal tissue, 80.8% In LSIL and 96.1% in HSIL). Protein p16(INK4a) was expressed in 23.8 % of squamous intra-epithelial lesions (15.4% In LSIL and 84.6961 in HSIL). In normal tissue all cases were negative to p16(INK4a). The viral load was higher in p16 positive cases than In negative cases (positive p16(INK4a) mean of 669.9 RLU/PCB [9.47 - 2814.9] and negative p16(INK4a) mean of 253.94 RLU/PCB [1.07 - 1882.21] (p