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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2026

Merkel Cell Polyomavirus and DNA Damage Response.

Sara Passerini, Sara Messina, Ugo Moens, Valeria Pietropaolo

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sara PasseriniDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0678-5537
Sara MessinaDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-6640-9683
Ugo MoensDepartment of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway.
Valeria PietropaoloDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5723-8886

Funding

Ministry of Universities and Research R124190255A2CB7Ministry of Universities and Research RP125199A48F33A6
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular DNA is constantly exposed to endogenous and exogenous genotoxic factors causing mutations. Therefore, safeguarding the integrity of the human genome is a

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Merkel CellDNA DamageMerkel cell polyomavirusPolyomavirus InfectionsAnimalsAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsDNA RepairHumansSignal TransductionVirus ReplicationAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsATM protein, humanDNA damage responselarge T antigenMerkel cell carcinomaMerkel cell polyomavirussmall t antigentherapy

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PMID42884124
PMCPMC13665251

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