Background Cancer invasion and metastasis develops through a series of steps that involve
the loss of cell to cell and cell to matrix adhesion, degradation of extracellular matrix and …

Cervical cancer, a potentially preventable disease, remains the second most common
malignancy in women worldwide. Human papillomavirus is the single most important …

Background Cervical carcinoma (CC) is one of the most common cancers among women
worldwide and the first cause of death among the Mexican female population. CC …

Epidemiological and laboratory evidence indicate that, in addition to tobacco and alcohol,
human papillomaviruses (HPV) play an important aetiological role in a subset of head and …

Ficolins are serum pattern recognition molecules. They have opsonic properties and are
able to activate complement via the lectin pathway. This paper reports investigations …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the changes in claudin expression observed in
various cancers, their mechanisms of regulation, and the functional studies that may suggest …

Most cancer patients die of metastatic or recurrent disease, hence the importance to identify
target genes upregulated in these lesions. Although a variety of gene signatures associated …

Abstract Interleukin 6 (IL6) encodes a cytokine protein, which functions in inflammation,
maintains immune homeostasis and plays important roles in cervical carcinogenesis. Single …

OBJECTIVE.: The expression of claudins, the main tight junction proteins involved in cell
adhesion and carcinogenesis, was studied in endometrioid (type I) and seropapillary (type …

Human papillomavirus (HPV)-induced cervical cancer is the second most common cancer
among women worldwide. Despite the encouraging development of the preventive vaccine …