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ReviewTumour virus research2022

Merkel cell polyomavirus and associated Merkel cell carcinoma.

June F Yang, Jianxin You

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Review in Tumour virus research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

June F YangDepartment of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6076, USA.
Jianxin YouDepartment of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6076, USA. Electronic address: jianyou@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAN CTR SUPPORT GRANTP30CA016520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EDWARD J DELIKATNY · 1985 to 2026
$222.3M
Virus & Reservoirs CoreP30AI045008 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ronald G Collman · 1999 to 2026
$78.6M
Merkel cell polyomavirus infection, host response, and viral oncogenic mechanismR01CA187718 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Jianxin You · 2015 to 2026
$3.7M
Overcoming the immune evasion mechanism of Merkel cell polyomavirus-associated Merkel cell carcinomaR21AI149761 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI YOU, JIANXIN · 2020 to 2021
$466k
Merkel cell polyomavirus infection and the host immune responseR21AR074073 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI YOU, JIANXIN · 2019 to 2020
$379k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016520NCI NIH HHS R01 CA187718NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI045008NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI149761NIAMS NIH HHS R21 AR074073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) is a ubiquitous skin infection that can cause Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a highly lethal form of skin cancer with a nearly 50% mortality rate. Since the discovery of MCPyV in 2008, great advances have been made to improve our understanding of how the viral encoded oncoproteins contribute to MCC oncogenesis. However, our knowledge of the MCPyV infectious life cycle and its oncogenic mechanisms are still incomplete. The incidence of MCC has tripled over the past two decades, but effective treatments are lacking. Only recently have there been major victories in combatting metastatic MCC with the application of PD-1 immune checkpoint blockade. Still, these immune-based therapies are not ideal for patients with a medical need to maintain systemic immune suppression. As such, a better understanding of MCPyV's oncogenic mechanisms is needed in order to develop more effective and targeted therapies against virus-associated MCC. In this review, we discuss current areas of interest for MCPyV and MCC research and the progress made in elucidating both the natural host of MCPyV infection and the cell of origin for MCC. We also highlight the remaining gaps in our knowledge on the transcriptional regulation of MCPyV, which may be key to understanding and targeting viral oncogenesis for developing future therapies.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Merkel CellMerkel cell polyomavirusPolyomavirus InfectionsSkin NeoplasmsTumor Virus InfectionsCarcinogenesisHumansCell of origin for MCCMerkel cell carcinomaMerkel cell polyomavirusNatural host

Identifiers

PMID34920178
PMCPMC8715208
OpenAlexW4200267438

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