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. 2023 Feb 26;18:13. doi: 10.1186/s13027-023-00488-w

Table 2.

Detection methods of oncoproteins of HPV-HR-types in different cancers

Cancer type Oncoprotein or Genome Method Authors Year Description References
Colorectal & Anal HPV16 E6

nested-PCR

immunohistochemistry

Chen et al. 2012 Virus detection & examination of E6 in colorectal tumors [130]
Gastric HPV16 E6 PCR Ding et al. 2010 Virus detection [131]
Liver HPV18 E6, E7 RT-PCR Tianzhong Ma et al. 2012 Hep G2 cell line contains integrated HPV 18 DNA, leading to the expression of the E6 and E7 oncogenic proteins [69]
Esophageal HPV16,18 E6/E7 RNA in-situ hybridization Rajendra et al. 2017 E6/E7 mRNA transcript analysis [76]
Cervical E7

E7 Western blot

Immunohistochemistry

Shin MK et al. 2009 p21(Cip1) functions as a tumor suppressor in cervical carcinogenesis and that p21(Cip1) inactivation by HPV-16 E7 partially contributes to the contribution of E7 to cervical carcinogenesis [40]
Urinary bladder HPV16,18 E7 Immunohistochemistry Glenn et al. 2017 Evaluation of HPV E7 oncoproteins expression [132]
Oral Different type of HPV In situ hybridization Lima et al. 2022

E6 does not bond to P53 due to P53 mutation

Increased P16 as a result of E7-mediated Rb suppression

[105]
Oropharyngeal HPV16 E2 PCR and Real time-PCR Anayannis et al. 2018 E2 gene is associated with higher HPV viral load, higher viral oncogene expression, and improved clinical outcomes [11]
Hypopharyngeal Genome

PCR

In situ hybridization

Shi et al. 2022 [121]
Laryngeal HPV16,18 E6/E7 Real time-PCR Yang et al. 2019 Prove the virus’s presence and tumorigenesis [126]