BACKGROUND: Oral cancer has become one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide and human Papillomavirus is one of the risk factors for developing oral cancer. For this study HPV18 was chosen as it is one of the high risk HPV types and may lead to carcinogenesis. However, prevalence of HPV18 infection in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Malaysia remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the viral load of HPV18 DNA in OSCC and potentially malignant lesions using saliva samples. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Genomic DNAs of thirty saliva samples of normal subjects and thirty saliva samples compromised of 16 samples from potentially malignant lesions and 14 of OSCC patients were amplified for HPV18 DNA using a nested polymerase chain reaction analysis. All PCR products were then analyzed using the Bioanalyzer to confirm presence of HPV18 DNA. RESULT: From thirty patients examined, only one of 30 (3.3%) cases was found to be positive for HPV18 in this study. CONCLUSION: The finding of this study revealed that there is a low viral detection of HPV18 in Malaysian OSCC by using saliva samples, suggesting that prevalence of HPV18 may not be important in this group of Malaysian OSCC.
BACKGROUND:Oral cancer has become one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide and human Papillomavirus is one of the risk factors for developing oral cancer. For this study HPV18 was chosen as it is one of the high risk HPV types and may lead to carcinogenesis. However, prevalence of HPV18 infection in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Malaysia remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the viral load of HPV18 DNA in OSCC and potentially malignant lesions using saliva samples. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Genomic DNAs of thirty saliva samples of normal subjects and thirty saliva samples compromised of 16 samples from potentially malignant lesions and 14 of OSCC patients were amplified for HPV18 DNA using a nested polymerase chain reaction analysis. All PCR products were then analyzed using the Bioanalyzer to confirm presence of HPV18 DNA. RESULT: From thirty patients examined, only one of 30 (3.3%) cases was found to be positive for HPV18 in this study. CONCLUSION: The finding of this study revealed that there is a low viral detection of HPV18 in Malaysian OSCC by using saliva samples, suggesting that prevalence of HPV18 may not be important in this group of Malaysian OSCC.
Authors: Chuan Wang; Nur Syafinaz Zainal; San Jiun Chai; James Dickie; Chai Phei Gan; Natasha Zulaziz; Bryan Kit Weng Lye; Ruhcha V Sutavani; Christian H Ottensmeier; Emma V King; Mannil Thomas Abraham; Siti Mazlipah Binti Ismail; Shin Hin Lau; Thomas George Kallarakkal; Kein Seong Mun; Rosnah Binti Zain; Zainal Ariff Abdul Rahman; Gareth J Thomas; Sok Ching Cheong; Natalia Savelyeva; Kue Peng Lim Journal: Front Immunol Date: 2021-10-18 Impact factor: 7.561
Authors: Óscar Rapado-González; Cristina Martínez-Reglero; Ángel Salgado-Barreira; Almudena Rodríguez-Fernández; Santiago Aguín-Losada; Luis León-Mateos; Laura Muinelo-Romay; Rafael López-López; María Mercedes Suarez-Cunqueiro Journal: J Clin Med Date: 2020-05-01 Impact factor: 4.241