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ReviewVirus research2017

Evasion of host immune defenses by human papillomavirus.

Joseph A Westrich, Cody J Warren, Dohun Pyeon

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Review in Virus research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
115citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

115 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 210 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Microbiome, Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Carcinogenesis.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2026
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  17. Targeted degradation of the HPV oncoprotein E6 reduces tumor burden in cervical cancer.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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55 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joseph A WestrichDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Cody J WarrenDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Current address: BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA.
Dohun PyeonDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Electronic address: dohun.pyeon@ucdenver.edu.
University of Colorado Denver · USUniversity of Colorado Boulder · US

Funding

Immune Dysregulation by Human Papillomavirus during Head and Neck Cancer ProgressionR01DE026125 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI PYEON, DOHUN, SPANOS, WILLIAM CHARLES · 2016 to 2020
$2.8M
Virus-Host Interactions that Modulate Early Steps of Human Papillomavirus InfectiR01AI091968 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI PYEON, DOHUN · 2011 to 2015
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091968NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE026125
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A majority of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are asymptomatic and self-resolving in the absence of medical interventions. Various innate and adaptive immune responses, as well as physical barriers, have been implicated in controlling early HPV infections. However, if HPV overcomes these host immune defenses and establishes persistence in basal keratinocytes, it becomes very difficult for the host to eliminate the infection. The HPV oncoproteins E5, E6, and E7 are important in regulating host immune responses. These oncoproteins dysregulate gene expression, protein-protein interactions, posttranslational modifications, and cellular trafficking of critical host immune modulators. In addition to the HPV oncoproteins, sequence variation and dinucleotide depletion in papillomavirus genomes has been suggested as an alternative strategy for evasion of host immune defenses. Since anti-HPV host immune responses are also considered to be important for antitumor immunity, immune dysregulation by HPV during virus persistence may contribute to immune suppression essential for HPV-associated cancer progression. Here, we discuss cellular pathways dysregulated by HPV that allow the virus to evade various host immune defenses.

Indexed as

Genome, ViralImmune EvasionAdaptive ImmunityAPOBEC DeaminasesCytidine DeaminaseCytosine DeaminaseDNA MethylationGene Expression RegulationHistonesHumansImmunity, InnateKeratinocytesNF-kappa BOncogene Proteins, ViralPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsAPOBEC3 proteins, humanAPOBEC DeaminasesCytidine DeaminaseCytosine DeaminaseHistonesNF-kappa BOncogene Proteins, ViralAdaptive immunityAPOBEC3DNA methylationHistone modificationHPVImmune evasionInnate immunityOncogenePapillomavirusRestriction factorTumor virusVirus evolution

Identifiers

PMID27890631
PMCPMC5325784
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