Abstract:Objective To explore the relationships of the expression of c-fos protein and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in cervical squamous cell carcinoma and cervical lesions with the occurrence and development of cervical squamous cell carcinoma. Methods The study involved 148 patients who were diagnosed pathologically with cervical lesions or cervical squamous cell carcinomas in the Department of Gynecology of Affiliated Hospital at Chengde Medical College. They were divided into a chronic cervicitis group (31 cases), a low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion group (35 cases), a high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion group (33 cases) and a cervical squamous cell carcinoma group (49 cases). PCR-reverse dot blot hybridization was used to detect HPV-DNA. Immunohistochemical PV method was adopted to detect the expression of c-fos in cervical tissues. Results The expressions of HPV and c-fos protein in the cervical squamous cell carcinoma group were significantly higher than those in the chronic cervicitis group, the low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion group and the high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion group (P < 0.05). The expression rate of c-fos protein in the cervical squamous cell carcinoma group was closely related to the differential degree of tumor, TNM stage and lymph node metastasis (P < 0.05). The c-fos protein expression rate in the HPV-positive patients with cervical squamous carcinoma was higher than that in the HPV-negative patients (P < 0.05). Conclusions There is a certain degree of c-fos protein expression in cervical squamous cell carcinoma and cervical lesions. With the progress of cervical lesions, the expression rate of c-fos protein increases. The expression of c-fos protein has a close relationship with HPV infection in cervical squamous cell carcinoma tissues.