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Detailed Characteristics of Tonsillar Tumors with Extrachromosomal or Integrated Form of Human Papillomavirus.
Viruses - 30 Dec 2019
Pokrývková Barbora, Saláková Martina, Šmahelová Jana, Vojtěchová Zuzana, Novosadová Vendula, Tachezy Ruth
Abstract excerpt
The human papillomavirus (HPV) integration, the critical step in viral carcinogenesis, most frequently occurs in the E2 gene, which results in its inactivation and in an increase of E6/E7 transcription. However, in a substantial number of tumors, the virus is present in an extrachromosomal form. For those tumors, the transformation mechanisms are not fully elucidated. Here we evaluated the possible mechanism of...
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