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Effects of HPV-16 E5, E6 and E7 proteins on survival, adhesion, migration and invasion of trophoblastic cells.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Mar 2010
Boulenouar Selma, Weyn Christine, Van Noppen Melody, Moussa Ali Mohamed, Favre Michel, Delvenne Philippe O, Bex Françoise, Noël Agnès, Englert Yvon, Fontaine Véronique
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Among high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV), HPV-16 infection is the most prevalent causative factor for cervical cancer. Beside other mucosal targets, HPV-16 was reported to infect the placenta and to replicate in trophoblastic cells. Since these cells share invasive properties of tumoral cells...
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