a decreasing trendp -value = 0.20
There was a decreasing trend ( p -value = 0.20) of apoptosis in cells treated with QVD-OPH compared to untreated cells, with a decrease in the mean percentage of apoptotic cells by 0.23% (pEGFP) and 2.42% (pEGFP-E1), thus suggesting that apoptosis plays only a part of HPV16 E1-mediated cell death.