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ArticleOncology letters2016

Entrance of the Tat protein of HIV-1 into human uterine cervical carcinoma cells causes upregulation of HPV-E6 expression and a decrease in p53 protein levels.

Giovanni Barillari, Clelia Palladino, Ilaria Bacigalupo, Patrizia Leone, Mario Falchi, Barbara Ensoli

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Article in Oncology letters, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Manipulation of the cell cycle by HIV-1.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
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  3. Association of Immunodeficiency and HIV Viremia With Cervical Precancer and Cancer Risk Among Women With HIV in South Africa.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
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  9. Clinical Predictors and Outcomes of Invasive Anal Cancer for People With HIV in an Inception Cohort.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2024
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  11. Impact of HIV on HPV-related cancers in men who have sex with men: a review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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  12. The Role of p53 in HIV Infection.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2023
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  19. The Role of Inflammation in Anal Cancer.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Giovanni BarillariDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University 'Tor Vergata', I-00133 Rome, Italy.
Clelia PalladinoNational AIDS Center, National Institute of Health, I-00161 Rome, Italy.
Ilaria BacigalupoNational AIDS Center, National Institute of Health, I-00161 Rome, Italy.
Patrizia LeoneNational AIDS Center, National Institute of Health, I-00161 Rome, Italy.
Mario FalchiNational AIDS Center, National Institute of Health, I-00161 Rome, Italy.
Barbara EnsoliNational AIDS Center, National Institute of Health, I-00161 Rome, Italy.
National Institute of Health · AMUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The infection of uterine cervical epithelial cells by oncogenic, high-risk human papilloma viruses (HR-HPVs) may lead to the development of cervical carcinoma. Of note, the incidence of this tumor is significantly increased in women infected by both HR-HPV and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1. In this regard, previous studies have linked the HIV-1 Tat protein, a trans-activator of viral gene expression, to the pathogenesis of HIV-associated malignancies. In particular, it has been shown that upon its release by acutely infected cells, Tat protein can enter human cells, thus modifying their phenotype. Based on these findings, the present study evaluated whether extracellular Tat protein could be taken up by human uterine cervical carcinoma cells, and whether this could affect the expression of HPV (E6 or E7) or cellular (p16 or p53) molecules, which are key to cervical carcinoma development or progression. The results indicated that extracellular, biologically active HIV-1 Tat protein is taken up by human uterine cervical carcinoma cells, and that this is followed by an increase in the expression of the E6 protein of HPV, and by a reduction in the protein levels of the cellular oncosuppressor p53. Since p53 loss is associated with cell dedifferentiation and immortalization, these findings suggest a possible link between extracellular Tat protein and the high incidence and clinical aggressiveness of uterine cervical carcinoma observed in HIV/HPV doubly infected women.

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E6HIV-1 Tat proteinhuman papilloma virusp16p53uterine cervical carcinoma

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