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ArticleCancers2021

Restoring the DREAM Complex Inhibits the Proliferation of High-Risk HPV Positive Human Cells.

Claire D James, Siddharth Saini, Fatmata Sesay, Kevin Ko, Jessica Felthousen-Rusbasan, Audra N Iness, Tara Nulton, Brad Windle, Mikhail G Dozmorov, Iain M Morgan and 1 more

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Deciphering the Role of Mast Cells in HPV-Related Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  2. Viral oncogenesis in cancer: from mechanisms to therapeutics.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  4. Emerging Role of the DREAM Complex in Cancer and Therapeutic Opportunities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claire D JamesPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Siddharth SainiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Fatmata SesayDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9973-3639
Kevin KoPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Jessica Felthousen-RusbasanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Audra N InessDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5194-1319
Tara NultonPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Brad WindlePhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Mikhail G DozmorovDepartment of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0086-8358
Iain M MorganPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Larisa LitovchickDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9540-597X
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

Virus Vector Shared ResourceP30CA016059 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Keri R Maher · 1985 to 2026
$51.0M
DYRK1A signaling in control of cell growth, proliferation and DNA damage repairR01CA188571 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI LITOVCHICK, LARISA · 2015 to 2019
$2.0M
Role of the DREAM Complex in Head and Neck PreneoplasiaR21DE029927 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI LITOVCHICK, LARISA · 2020 to 2021
$427k
Mechanisms of B-Myb oncogenicity in ovarian cancerF30CA221004 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI INESS, AUDRA · 2018 to 2021
$117k
The relative impact of the Hippo and RB tumor suppressor pathways inhibition on the ovarian cancer progressionF31CA243223 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SESAY, FATMATA · 2019 to 2021
$112k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA221004NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016059NCI NIH HHS R01 CA188571NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE029927NIH HHS F30CA221004NIH HHS F31CA243223NIH HHS P30CA016059NIH HHS R01CA188571NIH HHS R21DE029927
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-risk (HR) human papillomaviruses are known causative agents in 5% of human cancers including cervical, ano-genital and head and neck carcinomas. In part, HR-HPV causes cancer by targeting host-cell tumor suppressors including retinoblastoma protein (pRb) and RB-like proteins p107 and p130. HR-HPV E7 uses a LxCxE motif to bind RB proteins, impairing their ability to control cell-cycle dependent transcription. E7 disrupts DREAM (Dimerization partner, RB-like, E2F and MuvB), a transcriptional repressor complex that can include p130 or p107, but not pRb, which regulates genes required for cell cycle progression. However, it is not known whether disruption of DREAM plays a significant role in HPV-driven tumorigenesis. In the DREAM complex, LIN52 is an adaptor that binds directly to p130 via an E7-like LxSxE motif. Replacement of the LxSxE sequence in LIN52 with LxCxE (LIN52-S20C) increases p130 binding and partially restores DREAM assembly in HPV-positive keratinocytes and human cervical cancer cells, inhibiting proliferation. Our findings demonstrate that disruption of the DREAM complex by E7 is an important process promoting cellular proliferation by HR-HPV. Restoration of the DREAM complex in HR-HPV positive cells may therefore have therapeutic benefits in HR-HPV positive cancers.

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cell cyclecervical cancerDREAME7head and neck cancerhuman papillomavirusoncogenic transformationprotein complextranscription

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PMID33513914
PMCPMC7866234
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