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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

HPV Infection and Oxidative Stress in Cervical Carcinogenesis: Linking Apoptosis, Senescence, SASP, and EMT.

Albert Despot, Rajko Fureš, Ana-Marija Despot, Zlatko Hrgović, Martin Gredičak, Sanja Malinac Malojčić, Vesna Ćosić, Larisa Mešić, Nikola Sinković, Ivan Sabol

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Albert DespotClinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Rajko FurešDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zabok General Hospital and Croatian Veterans Hospital, 49210 Zabok, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-6494-0972
Ana-Marija DespotFaculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0009-0005-5266-2537
Zlatko HrgovićGoethe University, 60629 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Martin GredičakDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zabok General Hospital and Croatian Veterans Hospital, 49210 Zabok, Croatia.ORCID 0009-0008-2951-5370
Sanja Malinac MalojčićDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zabok General Hospital and Croatian Veterans Hospital, 49210 Zabok, Croatia.ORCID 0009-0009-3086-5674
Vesna ĆosićFaculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-9556-8170
Larisa MešićDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital Tešanj, 74260 Tešanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina.ORCID 0009-0008-2739-4587
Nikola SinkovićCroatian Society of Pelviperineology, 49210 Zabok, Croatia.ORCID 0009-0004-1640-9879
Ivan SabolDivision of Molecular Medicine, Ruđer Bošković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-5753-8528

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cervical cancer (CC) is a complex, multistep process involving various viral, molecular, cellular, endogenous, and environmental events that transform normal cervical epithelium into a malignant tumor through a cascade of events. The contribution of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) to cancer is significant but involves many additional mechanisms such as oxidative stress (OS), arrested apoptosis of non-functional intraepithelial neoplastic cells, senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), and the final epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of cervical epithelial neoplasia (CIN) cells. While high-risk HPV oncoproteins E6 and E7 are widely recognized as the primary triggers of CC, the critical role of E6 in degrading the p53 regulatory protein, thereby inhibiting the apoptosis of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-damaged neoplastic cells, is frequently underappreciated in the gynecological literature. Arrested apoptosis of non-functional neoplastic intraepithelial cells is a key event in cervical carcinogenesis and the biological basis of CIN progression via SASP senescence and ultimately EMT. While recent reviews touched upon each of the reviewed aspects, this review aims to provide a general understanding of all links in this complex molecular-biological chain, from HPV infection, oxidative stress, arrested apoptosis, SASP, and EMT. Beyond providing an encompassing primer for clinical researchers, we additionally review potential oxidative stress-related markers for shifting the classic diagnostic and therapeutic paradigms of CIN and cervical cancer.

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cervical cancerHPVROSSASP

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