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Network modeling suggests HIV infection phenocopies PI3K-AKT pathway mutations to enhance HPV-associated cervical cancer.
Molecular omics - 14 Aug 2023
Olwal Charles Ochieng', Fabius Jacqueline M, Zuliani-Alvarez Lorena, Eckhardt Manon, Kyei George Boateng, Quashie Peter Kojo, Krogan Nevan J, Bouhaddou Mehdi, Bediako Yaw
Abstract excerpt
Women coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human papillomavirus (HPV) are six times as likely to develop invasive cervical carcinoma compared to those without HIV. Unlike other HIV-associated cancers, the risk of cervical cancer development does not change when HPV/HIV coinfected women begin antiretroviral therapy, suggesting HIV-associated immune suppression is not a key driver of...
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