Molecular biology of human papillomavirus infection and cervical cancer

J Doorbar - Clinical science, 2006 - portlandpress.com
HPVs (human papillomaviruses) infect epithelial cells and cause a variety of lesions ranging
from common warts/verrucas to cervical neoplasia and cancer. Over 100 different HPV types …

Papillomavirus life cycle organization and biomarker selection

J Doorbar - Disease markers, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are a diverse group of viruses that cause epithelial lesions
of varying severity. Of the 100 or so types that have been identified, around 40 can infect the …

E2 proteins from high-and low-risk human papillomavirus types differ in their ability to bind p53 and induce apoptotic cell death

JL Parish, A Kowalczyk, HT Chen, GE Roeder… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
The E2 proteins from oncogenic (high-risk) human papillomaviruses (HPVs) can induce
apoptotic cell death in both HPV-transformed and non-HPV-transformed cells. Here we …

Novel structural approaches concerning HPV proteins: Insight into targeted therapies for cervical cancer

KI Pappa, G Kontostathi, V Lygirou… - Oncology …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Cervical cancer incidence is tightly linked to HPV infection, and particularly virus types 16
and 18 cause the majority of cases presenting with pre-cancerous stages of cervical …

Sequence-dependent interaction of the human papillomavirus E2 protein with the DNA elements on its DNA replication origin

G Yilmaz, EE Biswas-Fiss, SB Biswas - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The human papillomavirus (HPV) E2 protein is essential for regulating the initiation of viral
DNA replication as well as the regulation of transcription of certain HPV-encoded genes. Its …

Human papillomavirus type 16 E2 protein transcriptionally activates the promoter of a key cellular splicing factor, SF2/ASF

S Mole, SG Milligan, SV Graham - Journal of virology, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human papillomavirus (HPV) gene expression is regulated in concert with the epithelial
differentiation program. In particular, expression of the virus capsid proteins L1 and L2 is …

The genome stability maintenance DNA helicase DDX11 and its role in cancer

M Mahtab, A Boavida, D Santos, FM Pisani - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
DDX11/ChlR1 is a super-family two iron–sulfur cluster containing DNA helicase with roles in
DNA replication and sister chromatid cohesion establishment, and general chromosome …

HPV 16 E2 binding sites 1 and 2 become more methylated than E2 binding site 4 during cervical carcinogenesis

TW Leung, SS Liu, RCY Leung… - Journal of medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
E2 protein binding to the four E2 binding sites (E2BSs) at the long control region of Human
Papillomavirus (HPV) 16/18 genome may exert either transcriptional activation/repression …

HPV-induced field cancerisation: transformation of adult tissue stem cell into cancer stem cell

C Olivero, S Lanfredini, C Borgogna… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Field cancerisation was originally described as a basis for multiple head and neck
squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and is a pre-malignant phenomenon that is frequently …

Identification and analysis of papillomavirus E2 protein binding sites in the human genome

L Võsa, A Sudakov, M Remm, M Ustav… - Journal of virology, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Papillomavirus E2 protein is required for the replication and maintenance of viral genomes
and transcriptional regulation of viral genes. E2 functions through sequence-specific binding …