Table 1 Results of CMV studies in brain tumors, normal brain, carcinomas, and sarcomas
From: Lack of association of cytomegalovirus with human brain tumors
Tumor type | IHC | ISH | PCR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anti-pp65 | Anti-CMV | CMV RNA | CMV DNA | CMV DNA | |
Glioblastoma | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 |
Anaplastic astrocytoma | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
Diffuse astrocytoma | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 |
Oligodendroglioma | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 |
Ependymoma | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 |
Normal brain | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 |
Breast carcinoma | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
Colon carcinoma | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
Lung carcinoma | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
Sarcoma | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
