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Table 2 Detection methods of oncoproteins of HPV-HR-types in different cancers

From: The complexity of human papilloma virus in cancers: a narrative review

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]