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Pina Belfiore

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Expression of 60-kD Heat Shock Protein Increases during Carcinogenesis in the Uterine Exocervix

2002

<i>Objectives:</i> The aim of the present study was to determine the presence and expression of the 60-kD heat shock protein (HSP60) in the dysplasia-carcinoma sequence in the uterine exocervix and to evaluate its diagnostic and prognostic significance. <i>Methods and Results:</i> We performed Western blot and immunohistochemical analyses on biopsies from 40 cases, consisting of 10 normal exocervical biopsies, 10 low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (L-SIL), 10 high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (H-SIL) and 10 cancerous exocervices (G2 grade). The immunohistochemical results were quantified by computer-assisted image analysis. Western blot analysis sho…

musculoskeletal diseasesKoilocytePathologymedicine.medical_specialtyChaperonin; High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; Koilocyte; Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; Squamous cervical cancer; 2734; Clinical Biochemistry; Immunology and Allergy; Cell BiologyBlotting Western2734Clinical BiochemistryUterine Cervical NeoplasmsBiologyChaperoninPathology and Forensic MedicineWestern blotimmune system diseasesLow-grade squamous intraepithelial lesionhemic and lymphatic diseasesHeat shock proteinImage Processing Computer-AssistedmedicineCarcinomaHumansImmunology and AllergyMolecular Biologymedicine.diagnostic_testChaperonin 60Cell BiologyGeneral MedicinePrognosisUterine Cervical Dysplasiamedicine.diseaseImmunohistochemistryMolecular biologyfemale genital diseases and pregnancy complicationsKoilocyteEpitheliumBlotmedicine.anatomical_structureHigh-grade squamous intraepithelial lesionCarcinoma Squamous CellImmunohistochemistryFemalePrecancerous ConditionsSquamous cervical cancerImmunostainingPathobiology
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Unexpected high frequency of genital involvement in women with clinical and hostological features of oral lichen planus

2006

The main aims of this cross-sectional study were: (i) to assess the frequency of genital (vulval) lichen planus (VLP) and vulval lichen sclerosus (VLS) in women affected with oral lichen planus (OLP), regardless of the genital symptoms reported; and (ii) to verify whether any demographic, clinical, or histological features of OLP are associated with a higher risk of vulvo-vaginal involvement. Fifty-five women, presenting OLP, consecutively underwent gynaecological examination and, if they demonstrated positive clinical signs of VLP, underwent biopsy. After a drop-out of 14 subjects, 31/41 (75.6%) were found to have signs of genital involvement, of which 13/31 (44.0%) were asymptomatic. Foll…

Adultmedicine.medical_specialtyDermatologyLichen sclerosusSettore MED/08 - Anatomia PatologicaAsymptomaticVulvar Lichen Sclerosusoral lichen planuTherapeutic approachstomatognathic systemSettore MED/28 - Malattie OdontostomatologicheBiopsyoral lichen planus; genital lichen planusgenital lichen planusMedicineHumansSex organAgedAged 80 and overmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseDermatologySettore MED/40 - Ginecologia E Ostetriciastomatognathic diseasesGynaecological examinationCross-Sectional StudiesOral lichen planusFemaleVulvar DiseasesMultivariate statisticalmedicine.symptombusinessLichen Planus Oral
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