β-HPV Infection Correlates with Early Stages of Carcinogenesis in Skin Tumors and Patient-Derived Xenografts from a Kidney Transplant Recipient Cohort

β-HPV Infection Correlates with Early Stages of Carcinogenesis in Skin Tumors and Patient-Derived Xenografts from a Kidney Transplant Recipient Cohort

Many malignancies that occur in high excess in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are due to viruses that thrive in the setting of immunosuppression. Keratinocyte carcinoma (KC), the most frequently occurring cancer type in KTR, has been associated with skin infection by human papillomavirus (HPV)...

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Main Authors: Cinzia Borgogna, Carlotta Olivero, Simone Lanfredini, Federica Calati, Marco De Andrea, Elisa Zavattaro, Paola Savoia, Elena Trisolini, Renzo Boldorini, Girish K. Patel, Marisa Gariglio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
β-HPV
skin cancer
xenograft
carcinogenesis
organ transplant recipients
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00117/full

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