Laboratory Medicine ›› 2018, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (7): 640-643.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2018.07.015

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Clinical application of human papillomavirus E6/E7 mRNA determination

XUAN Qiankun, GUO Jian, WU Wenjuan, LI Guangbo   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Shanghai East Hospital,Tongji University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200123,China
  • Received:2017-07-20 Online:2018-07-30 Published:2018-07-27

Abstract:

Objective To evaluate the applicability of human papillomavirus(HPV) E6/E7 mRNA determination for screening HPV infection. Methods A total of 5 308 women were enrolled. Thinprep cytologic test(TCT)was performed. HPV DNA determination was performed in 4 062 cases,and HPV E6/E7 mRNA determination was performed in 1 246 cases. According to the results of TCT,the women were classified into normal group,atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance (ASCUS)group,low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL)group and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL)group. Results The positive rate of HPV DNA determination [17.67%(718/4 062)] was higher than that of HPV E6/E7 mRNA determination [12.12%(151/1 246)] (P<0.05). The positive rates of HPV DNA determination and HPV E6/ E7 mRNA determination had no statistical significance among HSIL,LSIL and ASCUS groups (P>0.05). The positive rate of HPV DNA determination in normal group was 15.07%,which was higher than that of HPV E6/E7 mRNA determination (8.90%)(P<0.05). The positive proportions of HPV DNA and HPV E6/E7 determinations in these groups had no statistical significance (P<0.05). LSIL and HSIL were determined as cytopathological positive,and normal group and ASCUS group were determined as cytopathological negative. The proportions of LSIL and HSIL in the positive cases of HPV E6/E7 mRNA determination [15.23%(23/151)] were higher than those in HPV DNA determination positive cases [8.64%(62/718)](P<0.05). There was no statistical significance for sensitivities of LSIL+HSIL screening between HPV DNA determination (83.78%)and HPV E6/E7 mRNA determination (85.19%)(P>0.05). The specificities were 83.55% and 89.50%,respectively (P<0.05). Conclusions HPV E6/E7 mRNA determiantion is suitable for screening HPV infection. It is more specific than HPV DNA determination for screening LSIL and HSIL. It is suitable for clinical cervical cancer screening.

Key words: Human papillomavirus, Thinprep cytologic test, Cervical cancer screening

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