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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1998

Improved cervical smear assessment using antibodies against proteins that regulate DNA replication.

G H Williams, P Romanowski, L Morris, M Madine, A D Mills, K Stoeber, J Marr, R A Laskey, N Coleman

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers.

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89citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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89 citing papers in PubMed, 312 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. DNA Replication Licensing Proteins for Early Detection of Lung CancerAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

G H WilliamsWellcome Trust/Cancer Research Campaign Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, United Kingdom. ks247@hermes.cam.ac.uk
P Romanowski
L Morris
M Madine
A D Mills
K Stoeber
J Marr
R A Laskey
N Coleman
Wellcome Trust · GBWellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carcinoma of the cervix is one of the most common malignancies. Papanicolaou (Pap) smear tests have reduced mortality by up to 70%. Nevertheless their interpretation is notoriously difficult with high false-negative rates and frequently fatal consequences. We have addressed this problem by using affinity-purified antibodies against human proteins that regulate DNA replication, namely Cdc6 and Mcm5. These antibodies were applied to sections and smears of normal and diseased uterine cervix by using immunoperoxidase or immunofluorescence to detect abnormal precursor malignant cells. Antibodies against Cdc6 and Mcm5 stain abnormal cells in cervical smears and sections with remarkably high specificity and sensitivity. Proliferation markers Ki-67 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen are much less effective. The majority of abnormal precursor malignant cells are stained in both low-grade and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. Immunostaining of cervical smears can be combined with the conventional Pap stain so that all the morphological information from the conventional method is conserved. Thus antibodies against proteins that regulate DNA replication can reduce the high false-negative rate of the Pap smear test and may facilitate mass automated screening.

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AntibodiesPapanicolaou TestSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsCarcinomaCell Cycle ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA ReplicationFemaleFungal ProteinsHumansKi-67 AntigenMass ScreeningSchizosaccharomyces pombe ProteinsSensitivity and SpecificityUterine Cervical NeoplasmsVaginal SmearsAntibodiesCDC6 protein, S cerevisiaeCell Cycle ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsFungal ProteinsKi-67 Antigenmcm5 protein, S pombeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSchizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins

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PMID9843993
PMCPMC24553
OpenAlexW2032141702

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