Abstract:MicroRNAs are related to human cancers, including cervical Background cancer (CC), which is mainly caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. In 2012, approximately 70000 cases and 28000 deaths from this cancer were registered in Latin America according to GLOBOCAN reports. The most frequent genotype worldwide is HPV-16. The main molecular mechanism of HPV in CC is related to integration of viral DNA into the hosts' genome. However, the different variants in the human genome can result in different integr… Show more
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