Role of immunity and vaginal microbiome in clearance and persistence of human papillomavirus infection

L Ntuli, A Mtshali, G Mzobe, LJP Liebenberg… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cervical cancer disproportionately affects women of reproductive age, with 80% of cases
occurring in low-and middle-income countries. Persistent infection with high-risk human …

Shared and unique features of human interferon-beta and interferon-alpha subtypes

MC Wittling, SR Cahalan, EA Levenson… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Type I interferons (IFN-I) were first discovered as an antiviral factor by Isaacs and
Lindenmann in 1957, but they are now known to also modulate innate and adaptive …

Human papillomavirus and the landscape of secondary genetic alterations in oral cancers

ML Gillison, K Akagi, W Xiao, B Jiang… - Genome …, 2019 - genome.cshlp.org
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a necessary but insufficient cause of a subset of oral
squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) that is increasing markedly in frequency. To identify …

Beyond good and evil: molecular mechanisms of type I and III IFN functions

JW Dowling, A Forero - The Journal of Immunology, 2022 - journals.aai.org
IFNs are comprised of three families of cytokines that confer protection against pathogen
infection and uncontrolled cellular proliferation. The broad role IFNs play in innate and …

The interplay between antiviral signalling and carcinogenesis in human papillomavirus infections

AR Ferreira, AC Ramalho, M Marques, D Ribeiro - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are the causative agents of the most common sexually
transmitted infection worldwide. While infection is generally asymptomatic and can be …

Human papillomavirus 16 E5 inhibits interferon signaling and supports episomal viral maintenance

ML Scott, BL Woodby, J Ulicny, G Raikhy… - Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) infect keratinocytes of stratified epithelia. Long-term
persistence of infection is a critical risk factor for the development of HPV-induced …

Interferons: Role in cancer therapy

MH Abdolvahab, B Darvishi, M Zarei… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Interferons (IFNs) are a group of signaling cytokines, secreted by host cells to induce
protection against various disorders. IFNs can directly impact on tumor cells or indirectly …

Regulation of the innate immune response during the human papillomavirus life cycle

CA Moody - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
High-risk human papillomaviruses (HR HPVs) are associated with multiple human cancers
and comprise 5% of the human cancer burden. Although most infections are transient …

The human papillomavirus late life cycle and links to keratinocyte differentiation

A Kirk, SV Graham - Journal of Medical Virology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Regulation of human papillomavirus (HPV) gene expression is tightly linked to differentiation
of the keratinocytes the virus infects. HPV late gene expression is confined to the cells in the …

Governing HPV-related carcinoma using vaccines: Bottlenecks and breakthroughs

R Bhattacharjee, L Kumar, A Dhasmana, T Mitra… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human papillomavirus (HPV) contributes to sexually transmitted infection, which is primarily
associated with pre-cancerous and cancerous lesions in both men and women and is …