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ReviewThe Journal of general virology2021

The human papillomavirus oncoproteins: a review of the host pathways targeted on the road to transformation.

James A Scarth, Molly R Patterson, Ethan L Morgan, Andrew Macdonald

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Review in The Journal of general virology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
128citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
22.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

128 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 204 citations in OpenAlex.

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68 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

James A ScarthSchool of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, UK.
Molly R PattersonSchool of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, UK.
Ethan L MorganSchool of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, UK.
Andrew MacdonaldSchool of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, UK.
University of Leeds · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M011151/1Medical Research Council MR/ K012665Medical Research Council MR/S001697/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 204825/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persistent infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPVs) is the causal factor in over 99 % of cervical cancer cases, and a significant proportion of oropharyngeal and anogenital cancers. The key drivers of HPV-mediated transformation are the oncoproteins E5, E6 and E7. Together, they act to prolong cell-cycle progression, delay differentiation and inhibit apoptosis in the host keratinocyte cell in order to generate an environment permissive for viral replication. The oncoproteins also have key roles in mediating evasion of the host immune response, enabling infection to persist. Moreover, prolonged infection within the cellular environment established by the HR-HPV oncoproteins can lead to the acquisition of host genetic mutations, eventually culminating in transformation to malignancy. In this review, we outline the many ways in which the HR-HPV oncoproteins manipulate the host cellular environment, focusing on how these activities can contribute to carcinogenesis.

Indexed as

Cell Transformation, ViralAlphapapillomavirusApoptosisCarcinogenesisCell Cycle CheckpointsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCellular ReprogrammingEpigenesis, GeneticGenome, ViralHumansImmune EvasionOncogene Proteins, ViralPapillomavirus InfectionsPDZ DomainsRNA, UntranslatedOncogene Proteins, ViralRNA, UntranslatedcancerHPVkeratinocyteoncoproteinsignalling

Identifiers

PMID33427604
PMCPMC8148304
OpenAlexW3119712890

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