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ArticleMicroorganisms2021

Detection of Human Cytomegalovirus Proteins in Paraffin-Embedded Breast Cancer Tissue Specimens-A Novel, Automated Immunohistochemical Staining Protocol.

Joel Touma, Yan Liu, Afsar Rahbar, Mattia Russel Pantalone, Nerea Martin Almazan, Katja Vetvik, Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér, Jürgen Geisler, Torill Sauer

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Article in Microorganisms, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Joel ToumaDepartment of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Akershus University Hospital (AHUS), 1478 Nordbyhagen, Norway.
Yan LiuDepartment of Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Oslo, 0315 Oslo, Norway.
Afsar RahbarMicrobial Pathogenesis Unit, Department of Medicine, BioClinicum, Karolinska Institute, 17177 Solna, Sweden.
Mattia Russel PantaloneMicrobial Pathogenesis Unit, Department of Medicine, BioClinicum, Karolinska Institute, 17177 Solna, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2706-4683
Nerea Martin AlmazanMicrobial Pathogenesis Unit, Department of Medicine, BioClinicum, Karolinska Institute, 17177 Solna, Sweden.
Katja VetvikDepartment of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Akershus University Hospital (AHUS), 1478 Nordbyhagen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-2454-5585
Cecilia Söderberg-NauclérMicrobial Pathogenesis Unit, Department of Medicine, BioClinicum, Karolinska Institute, 17177 Solna, Sweden.
Jürgen GeislerInstitute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Campus Akershus University Hospital (AHUS), 1478 Nordbyhagen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-6239-3856
Torill SauerInstitute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Campus Akershus University Hospital (AHUS), 1478 Nordbyhagen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-8305-3639
University of Oslo · NOKarolinska University Hospital · SE

Funding

Bodil and Magnes Cancer Research Fund (Oslo, Norway) 286908South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (HSØ) 2016046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging evidence supports a significant association between human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and human malignancies, suggesting HCMV as a human oncomodulatory virus. HCMV gene products are found in >90% of breast cancer tumors and seem to be correlated with more aggressive disease. The definitive diagnosis of HCMV relies on identification of virus inclusions and/or viral proteins by different techniques including immunohistochemical staining. In order to reduce biases and improve clinical value of HCMV diagnostics in oncological pathology, automation of the procedure is needed and this was the purpose of this study. Tumor specimens from 115 patients treated for primary breast cancer at Akershus University Hospital in Norway were available for the validation of the staining method in this retrospective study. We demonstrate that our method is highly sensitive and delivers excellent reproducibility for staining of HCMV late antigen (LA), which makes this method useful for future routine diagnostics and scientific applications.

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breast cancerHCMVhuman cytomegalovirusIHCimmunohistochemical staining

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PMID34068349
PMCPMC8153275
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