Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41501895›Full record

ArticleJournal of translational medicine2026

Dual-dimensional profiling of host genomic variations and HPV integration in PD-L1-stratified cervical cancer via Oxford Nanopore Technology.

Ruijiao Lu, Jie Zhang, Xiumin Ma, Yangchun Feng

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
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

4 authors.

Ruijiao Lu *Department of Medical Laboratory Center, Tumor Hospital Affiliated to Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Jie Zhang *Gynecological Tumor Radiotherapy Second Ward, Tumor Hospital Affiliated to Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Xiumin MaDepartment of Medical Laboratory Center, Tumor Hospital Affiliated to Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China. maxiumin1210@sohu.com.
Yangchun FengDepartment of Medical Laboratory Center, The First Huizhou Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Guangdong, China. paopao1987123@163.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4856-0712

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe integration of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA into the host genome is a key step in the development of HPV-associated cervical cancer (CC). However, the genomic characteristics of host genomic variations and HPV integration within the context of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression stratification have not been systematically investigated.

methodsWhole-genome sequencing was performed using Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) on six samples (three from the high PD-L1 expression group and three from the low PD-L1 expression group). The characteristics of host genomic variations under different PD-L1 expression stratifications were explored, including structural variations (SV), copy number variations (CNV), single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), and insertion-deletions (Indel). Subsequently, the distribution features of HPV integration sites were analyzed, different integration types were identified, and pathway analysis was conducted.

resultsWhole-genome SV analysis revealed that the total number of SVs and the composition of mutation types were similar between the high and low PD-L1 expression groups, with insertions (INS) and deletions (DEL) predominating in both. These variations were primarily enriched in intergenic regions and introns. In the low PD-L1 expression group, integration events were observed at multiple chromosomal loci, with the most frequent integration occurring in the KLF5 gene region on chromosome 13. No frequently integrated loci were identified in the high PD-L1 expression group. Additionally, four distinct HPV integration breakpoint patterns were preliminarily identified and analyzed.

conclusionPD-L1 expression stratification did not significantly alter the overall genomic instability of the host. However, differences were observed in the distribution patterns of HPV integration sites. These findings provide new insights into the genomic heterogeneity of CC under different PD-L1 expression backgrounds and may lay the groundwork for future research exploring stratified immunotherapy based on HPV integration features.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenGenetic VariationHuman Papillomavirus VirusesNanoporesNanopore SequencingUterine Cervical NeoplasmsVirus IntegrationDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleHumansPolymorphism, Single NucleotideB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanCervical cancerHPVOxford Nanopore TechnologyPD-L1

Identifiers

PMID41501895
PMCPMC12870535

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.