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Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences

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MANAL, Habib A; HUDA, Habib A; ISRAA, Hussain A  e  AL-SALIHI, Karima. Expression of TIMP-2 in HPV-16 infected oral squamous cell carcinoma in patients in Iraq. Braz. J. Oral Sci. [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.1, pp. 51-56. ISSN 1677-3225.

Aim: To determine the expression of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP-2) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and the difference in its expression level between positive and negative HPV-16 (human papilloma virus- 16) OSCC patients. Methods: This study was conducted on 33 biopsies obtained from patients with OSCC and 10 normal oral mucosa as controls. In situ hybridization (ISH) was used to investigate the presence of HPV-16, while immunohistochemistry (IHC) was used to estimate the expression level of TIMP-2. Results: The TIMP-2 was expressed in 27 (81.8%) of OSCC sections with no significant difference between its expression level in HPV-16 positive and HPV-16 negative OSCC cases (p=0.058). TIMP-2 was found to be highly expressed in OSCC sections, and the presence of HPV was not related to its overexpression. Conclusion: The percentage of samples that appeared to accommodate detectable HPV-16 was high, but no significant difference was observed in relation to TIMP-2 expression level. Future studies with a larger number of patients are highly recommended to address the possible association between TIMp-2 and OSCC positive HPV-16.

Palavras-chave : TIMP-2.; HPV.; Iraq.; Oral cancer..

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