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ReviewCancers2021

Causes and Consequences of HPV Integration in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas: State of the Art.

Harini Balaji, Imke Demers, Nora Wuerdemann, Julia Schrijnder, Bernd Kremer, Jens Peter Klussmann, Christian Ulrich Huebbers, Ernst-Jan Maria Speel

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. HPV Integration in Head and Neck Cancer: Downstream Splicing Events and Expression Ratios Linked with Poor Outcomes.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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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

8 authors.

Harini BalajiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Imke DemersDepartment of Pathology, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9531-8414
Nora WuerdemannDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50931 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1092-689X
Julia SchrijnderDepartment of Pathology, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Bernd KremerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Jens Peter KlussmannDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Christian Ulrich HuebbersDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50931 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2934-1218
Ernst-Jan Maria SpeelDepartment of Pathology, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3016-2989

Funding

German Research Council FI 773/15-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A constantly increasing incidence in high-risk Human Papillomaviruses (HPV)s driven head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC)s, especially of oropharyngeal origin, is being observed. During persistent infections, viral DNA integration into the host genome may occur. Studies are examining if the physical status of the virus (episomal vs. integration) affects carcinogenesis and eventually has further-reaching consequences on disease progression and outcome. Here, we review the literature of the most recent five years focusing on the impact of HPV integration in HNSCCs, covering aspects of detection techniques used (from PCR up to NGS approaches), integration loci identified, and associations with genomic and clinical data. The consequences of HPV integration in the human genome, including the methylation status and deregulation of genes involved in cell signaling pathways, immune evasion, and response to therapy, are also summarized.

Indexed as

APOT-PCRcapture-based assayconsequences of HPV integrationDIPS-PCRFISHhead and neck squamous cell carcinomashigh-risk human papillomavirusesPCRRNASeqviral DNA integrationWESWGS

Identifiers

PMID34439243
PMCPMC8394665

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