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Human BK Polyomavirus-The Potential for Head and Neck Malignancy and Disease.
Review in Cancers, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Detection of Viruses with Oncogenic and Oncomodulatory Potential in Head and Neck Tumors-External Auricle.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Oncoviruses in the Oral Cavity: Recent Advances in Understanding Viral Infections and Tumorigenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Recent Insights into the Pathogenesis, Diagnostics, and Treatment of BK Virus Infections in Children After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Frequency of BK virus genotypes in patients with colorectal cancer.Iranian journal of microbiology · 2025Article
- Cytomegalovirus in Adenoma and Carcinoma Lesions: Detecting Mono-Infection and Co-Infection in Salivary Glands.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- BK polyomavirus: latency, reactivation, diseases and tumorigenesis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Review
- Polyomavirus JCPyV infrequently detectable in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the oral cavity and the airways.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2019Article
- Coinfection with Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and Polyoma BK Virus (BKPyV) in Laryngeal, Oropharyngeal and Oral Cavity Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Members of the human Polyomaviridae family are ubiquitous and pathogenic among immune-compromised individuals. While only Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) has conclusively been linked to human cancer, all members of the polyomavirus (PyV) family encode the oncoprotein T antigen and may be potentially carcinogenic. Studies focusing on PyV pathogenesis in humans have become more abundant as the number of PyV family members and the list of associated diseases has expanded. BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) in particular has emerged as a new opportunistic pathogen among HIV positive individuals, carrying harmful implications. Increasing evidence links BKPyV to HIV-associated salivary gland disease (HIVSGD). HIVSGD is associated with elevated risk of lymphoma formation and its prevalence has increased among HIV/AIDS patients. Determining the relationship between BKPyV, disease and tumorigenesis among immunosuppressed individuals is necessary and will allow for expanding effective anti-viral treatment and prevention options in the future.
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