Cell-cycle and suppressor proteins expression in uterine cervix in HIV/HPV co-infection: comparative study by tissue micro-array (TMA)

Alcina F Nicol¹ , Andréa Rodrigues Cordovil Pires² , Simone R de Souza² , Gerard J Nuovo³ , Beatriz Grinsztejn^4,5 , Aparecida Tristão⁶ , Fabio B Russomano⁶ , Luciane Velasque^4,5 , José R Lapa e Silva⁷ and Claude Pirmez¹

¹  Laboratory of Immunopathology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz – FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

²  Fonte Medicina Diagnostica Laboratory, Niterói, and Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

³  Department of Pathology, University Hospitals, Columbus, Ohio, USA

⁴  Department of Infectious Disease of Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

⁵  Department of Mathematics and Statistics of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

⁶  Fernandes Figueira Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

⁷  Multidisciplinary Laboratory, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil