[Frequency of HPV infection and level of glutathione in serum of women with cervix dysplasia].

Abstract

We have investigated the effect of HPV infection on the development of cervix dysplasias and GSH level in the plasma of 312 women, ranging from 18 to 34 years (x = 23.2). HPV-DNA was estimated using the Digene Hybride Capture System and GSH by the high performance liqvid chromatography method (HPLC). HPV infectior can be connected with a risk of cervical pathology and cervical cancer. Besides HPV infection the other risk factor is a low level of one of the most important antioxidant-glutathione (GSH). The level of GSH decreased while the concentration of GSSG increased in the plasma of women with HPV infection, cervix dysplasias and cancer. Simultaneous investigation of biochemical and virologic parameters in conjugation with the known cytopathologic and epidemiologic risk variables can show the factors that may inhibit or promote cervical carcinogenesis.

• Authors: A Kwaśniewska, A Tukendorf, M Semczuk
• Journal: Medycyna doswiadczalna i mikrobiologia (Med Dosw Mikrobiol) Vol. 47 Issue 3-4 Pg. 213-8 ( 1995) ISSN: 0025-8601 [Print] Poland
• Vernacular Title: Czestość infekcji HPV oraz poziom glutationu w surowicy krwi u kobiet z patologia szyjki macicy.
• PMID: 8833934 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Biomarkers
• Glutathione

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Biomarkers (blood)
• Female
• Glutathione (blood)
• Humans
• Papillomaviridae (isolation & purification)
• Papillomavirus Infections (blood, complications, epidemiology)
• Risk Factors
• Tumor Virus Infections (blood, complications, epidemiology)
• Uterine Cervical Dysplasia (blood, virology)