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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 182, Issue 2, Pages 595-598Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/315706
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA75974, R37 CA051323, CA51323] Funding Source: Medline
- NCRR NIH HHS [M01RR01271] Funding Source: Medline
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Our cross-sectional study suggested that cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses have a protective effect in squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL) development. More CTL responses in women with human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV 16) infection without SILs than with SILs were detected. In the current longitudinal study, the role of CTL in clearing HPV 16 infection in women without SILs was investigated, Women with HPV 16 infection (n = 51) were enrolled, along with HPV 16-negative control women (n = 3), Twenty-two (55%) of 40 women who cleared HPV 16 infection had an E6 CTL response at least once, compared with none of 9 women who had HPV 16 persistence (P = .003), Such a difference was not demonstrated for E7; 25 (63%) of 40 women who cleared HPV 16 infection responded, versus 5 (56%) of 9 women with persistence (P = .720), It appears that lack of response to E6 is important in the persistence of HPV 16 infection.
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