Oncomodulation by human cytomegalovirus: evidence becomes stronger.

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Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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3. Human Cytomegalovirus Oncoprotection across Diverse Populations, Tumor Histologies, and Age Groups: The Relevance for Prospective Vaccinal Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4. Higher Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) Specific IgG Antibody Levels in Plasma Samples from Patients with Metastatic Brain Tumors Are Associated with Longer Survival.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023
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5. Cytomegalovirus and Glioblastoma: A Review of the Biological Associations and Therapeutic Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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6. Human cytomegalovirus alters immune cell profile with potential implications for patient survival in head and neck cancer.Carcinogenesis · 2022
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7. Medulloblastoma drugs in development: Current leads, trials and drawbacks.European journal of medicinal chemistry · 2021
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8. The emerging role of human cytomegalovirus infection in human carcinogenesis: a review of current evidence and potential therapeutic implications.Oncotarget · 2019
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9. US28: HCMV's Swiss Army Knife.Viruses · 2018
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10. Protein and DNA evidences of HCMV infection in primary breast cancer tissues and metastatic sentinel lymph nodes.Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers · 2018
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11. Lack of cytomegalovirus detection in human glioma.Virology journal · 2017
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12. Ganciclovir concentrations in the cerebral extracellular space after valganciclovir treatment; a case study.BMJ case reports · 2015
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13. Discordant humoral and cellular immune responses toOncoimmunology · 2015
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14. Gene expression profiles of various cytokines in mesenchymal stem cells derived from umbilical cord tissue and bone marrow following infection with human cytomegalovirus.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2014
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15. Herpesvirus-encoded GPCRs: neglected players in inflammatory and proliferative diseases?Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2014
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16. Human cytomegalovirus antigens in malignant gliomas as targets for adoptive cellular therapy.Frontiers in oncology · 2014
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17. Human cytomegalovirus tegument protein pp65 is detected in all intra- and extra-axial brain tumours independent of the tumour type or grade.PloS one · 2014
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18. High prevalence of human cytomegalovirus proteins and nucleic acids in primary breast cancer and metastatic sentinel lymph nodes.PloS one · 2013
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19. No evidence for a role of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus and BK virus in prostate cancer of German patients.Medical microbiology and immunology · 2012
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