Student and Faculty Publications
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Journal
Infect Agent Cancer. 2007; 2: 8.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Few reports of the utilization of an accurate, cost-effective means for measuring HPV oncogene transcripts have been published. Several papers have reported the use of relative quantitation or more expensive Taqman methods. Here, we report a method of absolute quantitative real-time PCR utilizing SYBR-green fluorescence for the measurement of HPV E7 expression in cervical cytobrush specimens. RESULTS: The construction of a standard curve based on the serial dilution of an E7-containing plasmid was the key for being able to accurately compare measurements between cervical samples. The assay was highly reproducible with an overall coefficient of variation of 10.4%. CONCLUSION: The use of highly reproducible and accurate SYBR-based real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays instead of performing Taqman-type assays allows low-cost, high-throughput analysis of viral mRNA expression. The development of such assays will help in refining the current screening programs for HPV-related carcinomas.
Recommended Citation
Scheurer, Michael E.; Dillon, Laura M.; Chen, Zhuo; Follen, Michele; and Adler-Storthz, Karen, "Absolute quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for the measurement of human papillomavirus E7 mRNA in cervical cytobrush specimens" (2007). Student and Faculty Publications. 8.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthdb_docs/8
Comments
PMCID: PMC1852093