Role of Human Papillomaviruses in Oncogenesis

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Fig. 1 Differentiation-dependent HPV Life Cycle. The HPV life cycle is intimately associated with the differentiation program of epithelial cells. HPV infects actively dividing cells in basal layer of the epithelium…

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of Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Liver Cancer

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Fig. 1 Natural history of HCV infection. Adapted from Alter et al. (1995) HCV belongs to the genus Hepacivirus in the Flaviviridae family (Forns and Bukh 1999). It has a single-stranded…

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Infection, Inflammation and Prevention of Cancer

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Fig. 1 The figure illustrates different stages of the development of inflammation-associated cancer, the corresponding host’s immune defense mechanisms involved in tumor prevention and applicable interventions to prevent or treat cancer…

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Infection and Human Cancer: An Overview

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Virus World Less developed More developed HPV 600,000 520,000 80,000 HBV 380,000 330,000 44,000 HCV 220,000 190,000 37,000 EBV 110,000 96,000 16,000 KSHV 43,000 39,000 4,000 HTLV 2,100 660 1,500…

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