ReviewOncotarget2019
The emerging role of human cytomegalovirus infection in human carcinogenesis: a review of current evidence and potential therapeutic implications.
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- Prevalence of human cytomegalovirus in glioblastoma multiforme: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Correspondence Between Cytomegalovirus Immunoglobulin-G Levels Measured in Saliva and Serum.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Trial
- Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis Reveals an HCMV-Associated Late-Gene Signature Associated with Poor Survival in Pediatric Group 3 Medulloblastoma.Biomedicines · 2026Article
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- Navigating primary and secondary immunodeficiency intersections: how to find IEI hidden within SID.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026Review
- Remodeling of Metabolic and Secretory Organelles During Oncogenic and Oncomodulatory Viral Infections.Viruses · 2026Review
- Prevalence of CMV, EBV, HPV, and HSV among South Asian healthy population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Does human cytomegalovirus provide a novel therapeutic target for patients with glioblastoma?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- A Potential Oncoprotective Role of Cytomegalovirus Against Breast Cancer: Worldwide Correlation and Survey of Evidence.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Recent advances in human cytomegalovirus: a comprehensive review of pathogenic mechanisms, virus-host interactions, and antiviral strategies.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- HPV and HCMV in Cervical Cancer: A Review of Their Co-Occurrence in Premalignant and Malignant Lesions.Viruses · 2024Review
- Clinical implications of cytomegalovirus in glioblastoma progression and therapy.NPJ precision oncology · 2024Review
- Immunogenetic profiles of 9 human herpes virus envelope glycoproteins.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Cytomegalovirus in Adenoma and Carcinoma Lesions: Detecting Mono-Infection and Co-Infection in Salivary Glands.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Adaptive natural killer cell expression in response to cytomegalovirus infection in blood and solid cancer.Heliyon · 2024Review
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- Friend or Foe? Exploring the Role of Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) Infection in Head and Neck Tumors.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Human Cytomegalovirus Oncoprotection across Diverse Populations, Tumor Histologies, and Age Groups: The Relevance for Prospective Vaccinal Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Hybrid-Capture Target Enrichment in Human Pathogens: Identification, Evolution, Biosurveillance, and Genomic Epidemiology.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
It is well-established that infections with viruses harboring oncogenic potential increase the cancer risk. Virus induced oncogenic processes are influenced by a complex and unique combination of host and environmental risk factors that are currently not fully understood. Many of the oncogenic viruses exhibit a prolonged, asymptomatic latency after a primary infection, and cause cancer in only a minority of carriers. From an epidemiologic point of view, it is therefore difficult to determine their role in cancer development. However, recent evidence suggests a neoplastic potential of one additional ubiquitous virus; human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Emerging data presents HCMV as a plausible cancer-causing virus by demonstrating its presence in >90% of common tumor types, while being absent in normal tissue surrounding the tumor. HCMV targets many cell types in tumor tissues, and can cause all the ten proposed hallmarks of cancer. This virus exhibits cellular tumor-promoting and immune-evasive strategies, hijacks proangiogenic and anti-apoptotic mechanisms and induces immunosuppressive effects in the tumor micro-environment. Recognizing new cancer-causing mechanisms may increase the therapeutic potential and prophylactic options for virus associated cancer forms. Such approaches could limit viral spread, and promote anti-viral and immune controlling strategies if given as add on to standard therapy to potentially improve the prognosis of cancer patients. This review will focus on HCMV-related onco-viral mechanisms and the potential of HCMV as a new therapeutic target in HCMV positive cancer forms.
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