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All authors declare no conflicts of interest. ""Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17: 386�C394 The present study aimed to evaluate a novel fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay for detecting the high-risk human papillomavirus Paclitaxel mouse (HR-HPV) DNA and signal pattern in cervical cytology specimens and for identifying cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) lesions. One hundred and ninety-six liquid-based cytology specimens with CIN were recruited. The signal pattern (punctate, mixed punctate and diffuse, and diffuse) detected by FISH was compared with E6 mRNA and correlated with histological classification. FISH and E6-type specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) had fair to good agreement for detecting HPV DNA across all grades of CIN (kappa coefficient, 0.37�C0.73). Among 44 samples of negative FISH and positive E6 type-specific PCR in HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 52 and 58, 82% (36/44) of E6 mRNA were not detected, in contrast to 41% (48/118) of positive FISH and positive E6 type-specific PCR (p?Fluconazole that using E6 mRNA (96.3% vs. 44.8%). The punctate pattern was 0% in patients with BGJ398 supplier of cervical squamous cell carcinomas [2,4] and in 94�C100% of cervical adenocarcinomas and adenosquamous carcinomas [5]. HPV is a common virus infection among women, particularly in younger age groups, and most infections are transient and asymptomatic. Patients with persistent infection with these HPV types have a clearly enhanced risk of developing cervical carcinoma [6]. Large-scale screening studies have shown that HPV testing is more sensitive than a cytology method for the detection of high-grade cervical lesions [6]. However, the low specificity of current assays and commercial kits hampers the use of HPV testing in screening.