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Human papillomavirus 16 E6 variants differ in their dysregulation of human keratinocyte differentiation and apoptosis.
Virology - 5 Jan 2009
Zehbe Ingeborg, Richard Christina, DeCarlo Correne A, Shai Anny, Lambert Paul F, Lichtig Hava, Tommasino Massimo, Sherman Levana
Abstract excerpt
L83V-related variants of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E6, exemplified by the Asian-American variant Q14H/H78Y/L83V, were shown to be more prevalent than E6 prototype in progressing lesions and cervical cancer. We evaluated functions relevant to carcinogenesis for the E6 variants L83V, R10/L83V and Q14H/H78Y/L83V as well as the prototype in a model of human normal immortalized keratinocytes (NIKS). All E6...
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