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ArticleScientific reports2017

High-Risk Human Papillomavirus E7 Alters Host DNA Methylome and Represses HLA-E Expression in Human Keratinocytes.

Louis Cicchini, Rachel Z Blumhagen, Joseph A Westrich, Mallory E Myers, Cody J Warren, Charlotte Siska, David Raben, Katerina J Kechris, Dohun Pyeon

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Louis CicchiniDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Rachel Z BlumhagenDepartment of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Joseph A WestrichDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Mallory E MyersDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Cody J WarrenDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Charlotte SiskaDepartment of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
David RabenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Katerina J KechrisDepartment of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Dohun PyeonDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA. dohun.pyeon@ucdenver.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1970-844X
University of Colorado Denver · USColorado School of Public Health · US

Funding

University of Colorado Cancer Center Support Grant - Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts with Autologous Human Immune SystemsP30CA046934 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI James V Degregori · 1988 to 2026
$117.0M
Predoctoral Training Program in Molecular BiologyT32GM008730 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI PREKERIS, RYTIS, SCLAFANI, ROBERT A · 1999 to 2019
$3.3M
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
Molecular Pathogenesis of Infectious DiseasesT32AI052066 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI VAN DYK, LINDA F. · 2002 to 2022
$2.3M
Virus-Host Interactions that Modulate Early Steps of Human Papillomavirus InfectiR01AI091968 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI PYEON, DOHUN · 2011 to 2015
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046934NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091968NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI052066NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE026125NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008730
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection distinctly alters methylation patterns in HPV-associated cancer. We have recently reported that HPV E7-dependent promoter hypermethylation leads to downregulation of the chemokine CXCL14 and suppression of antitumor immune responses. To investigate the extent of gene expression dysregulated by HPV E7-induced DNA methylation, we analyzed parallel global gene expression and DNA methylation using normal immortalized keratinocyte lines, NIKS, NIKS-16, NIKS-18, and NIKS-16∆E7. We show that expression of the MHC class I genes is downregulated in HPV-positive keratinocytes in an E7-dependent manner. Methylome analysis revealed hypermethylation at a distal CpG island (CGI) near the HLA-E gene in NIKS-16 cells compared to either NIKS cells or NIKS-16∆E7 cells, which lack E7 expression. The HLA-E CGI functions as an active promoter element which is dramatically repressed by DNA methylation. HLA-E protein expression on cell surface is downregulated by high-risk HPV16 and HPV18 E7 expression, but not by low-risk HPV6 and HPV11 E7 expression. Conversely, demethylation at the HLA-E CGI restores HLA-E protein expression in HPV-positive keratinocytes. Because HLA-E plays an important role in antiviral immunity by regulating natural killer and CD8

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DNA MethylationGene Expression RegulationTranscriptomeAntigen PresentationCell Transformation, ViralCpG IslandsEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression ProfilingHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHLA-E AntigensHumansKeratinocytesModels, BiologicalPapillomavirus E7 ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHLA-E Antigensoncogene protein E7, Human papillomavirus type 16Papillomavirus E7 Proteins

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