The open reading frame III of Borna disease virus (BDV) codes for a protein with a mass of 16 kDa, named p16 or BDV-M. p16 was described as an N-glycosylated protein in several previous publications and therefore was termed gp18, although the amino acid sequence of p16 does not contain any regular consensus sequence for N glycosylation. We examined glycosylation of p16 and studied its membrane ...

BACKGROUND Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the lethal cancers with a high incidence rate in Asia. Many genes including cyclin D1 and p16 play important role in its carcinogenesis. We aimed to analyze the expressions of cyclin D1 and p16 with the various clinicopathological characteristics of ESCC. METHODS We examined 30 biopsy samples of ESCC for cyclin D1 and p16 protein ex...

Purpose Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) in the lacrimal gland is a rare malignancy. P16 is encoded by the CDKN2A gene, which is recognized as a tumor suppressor due to its inactivation in many types of tumors. However, p16 overexpression is also linked to adverse tumor parameters. These contradictory observations have also been confirmed in ACCs in the salivary glands. Furthermore, evidence of h...

AIM The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinicopathological roles of p16 expression in a large cohort of patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma with tight methodology and close follow-up. METHODS p16 protein expression was investigated in 194 patients (102 men, 92 women) with colorectal adenocarcinomas by immunohistochemistry. The findings were correlated with their clinicopa...

PURPOSE The tumor suppressor gene p16 is frequently silenced and inactivated by hypermethylation in human cancers, including prostate cancer. However, the association between the methylation status of p16 and prostate cancer risk remains ambiguous. This study aimed to assess the association of p16 methylation with prostate cancer risk by a comprehensive metaanalysis. METHODS Relevant studies ...

Most human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are transient and additional triage approaches should be built after HPV-based primary cervical cancer screening. We evaluated the accuracy of p16/Ki-67 and p16/mcm2 dual staining as biomarkers for triaging HPV positive women in China. 4070 participants aged 35 to 64 years attending ongoing cervical cancer screening were enrolled in 2015-2016. Cervical...

The p16(INK4a) tumour suppressor has an established role in the implementation of cellular senescence in stem/progenitor cells, which is thought to contribute to organismal ageing. However, since p16(INK4a) knockout mice die prematurely from cancer, whether p16(INK4a) reduces longevity remains unclear. Here we show that, in mutant mice homozygous for a hypomorphic allele of the α-klotho ageing-...

OBJECTIVES It can be difficult to differentiate diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (DMPM) from reactive mesothelial hyperplasia (RMH) or peritoneal dissemination of gynecologic malignancies, such as epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), which cause a large amount of ascites. Detection of the homozygous deletion of p16/CDKN2A (p16) by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is an effective a...

Introduction Twenty-five - fifty percent of skin melanomas arise from nevi. Melanocyte proliferation is activated by BRAFV600E, then is arrested, but single nevi transform to melanomas. p16 controls arrest, and p16 loss may promote transformation. Aim To analyze BRAFV600E, p16 expression and melanocyte proliferation in dermal, compound and dysplastic nevi, cells of primary and metastatic mela...

The p16INK4aa (CDKN2) tumor suppressor gene is altered in several tumor types, but the frequency and mechanism of inactivation are largely unknown for endometrial carcinomas. We therefore wanted to assess the pattern and prognostic impact of p16 protein expression and promoter region methylation in a population-based series of 316 endometrial carcinoma patients with long-term and complete follo...