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High-risk HPV E5-induced cell fusion: a critical initiating event in the early stage of HPV-associated cervical cancer
16 Sept 2010
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BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is strongly associated with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) and viral oncoproteins E5, E6 and E7 can transform cells by various mechanisms. It is proposed that oncogenic virus-induced cell fusion may contribute to oncogenesis if p53 or apoptosis is perturbed simultaneously. Recently, HPV-16 E5 was found to be necessary and sufficient for the formation of tetraploid cells, which...
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