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ReviewMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR2025

How human papillomavirus (HPV) targets DNA repair pathways for viral replication: from guardian to accomplice.

Arushi Vats, Laimonis Laimins

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Review in Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Differential roles of type I topoisomerases in regulating HPV pathogenesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Arushi VatsDepartment of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3753-0158
Laimonis LaiminsDepartment of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6314-623X

Funding

REGULATION OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS GENE EXPRESSIONR01CA059655 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LAIMINS, LAIMONIS A. · 1993 to 2023
$7.4M
Renewal: HPV and the DNA Damage ResponseR01CA142861 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Laimonis A. LAIMINS · 2010 to 2026
$5.2M
HPV replication and its dependence on repair pathwaysR21AI180285 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LAIMINS, LAIMONIS A. · 2024 to 2025
$434k
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R21AI180285HHS | NIH | NCI | Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute (DCP, NCI) R01CA059655HHS | NIH | NCI | Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute (DCP, NCI) R01CA142861NCI NIH HHS R01 CA059655NCI NIH HHS R01 CA142861NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI180285
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SUMMARYHuman papillomaviruses (HPVs) are small DNA viruses that are responsible for significant disease burdens worldwide, including cancers of the cervix, anogenital tract, and oropharynx. HPVs infect stratified epithelia at a variety of body locations and link their productive life cycles to the differentiation of the host cell. These viruses have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to exploit cellular pathways, such as DNA damage repair (DDR), to regulate their life cycles. HPVs activate key DDR pathways such as ATM, ATR, and FA, which are critical for maintaining genomic integrity but are often dysregulated in cancers. Importantly, these DDR pathways are essential for HPV replication in undifferentiated cells and amplification upon differentiation. The ability to modulate these DDR pathways not only enables HPV persistence but also contributes to cellular transformation. In this review, we discuss the recent advances in understanding the mechanisms by which HPV manipulates the host DDR pathways and how these depend upon enhanced topoisomerase activity and R-loop formation. Furthermore, the strategies to manipulate DDR pathways utilized by high-risk HPVs are compared with those used by other DNA viruses that exhibit similarities and distinct differences.

Indexed as

DNA RepairPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsVirus ReplicationDNA DamageHost-Pathogen InteractionsHuman Papillomavirus VirusesHumansDDR pathwaysHPVR-loopstopoisomerases

Identifiers

PMID39868790
PMCPMC11948491

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