Human papillomavirus type 8 interferes with a novel C/EBPβ-mediated mechanism of keratinocyte CCL20 chemokine expression and Langerhans cell migration.

Infection with genus beta human papillomaviruses (HPV) is implicated in the development of non-melanoma skin cancer. This was first evidenced for HPV5 and 8 in patients with epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV), a genetic skin disease. So far, it has been unknown how these viruses overcome cutaneous...

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Main Authors: Tanya Sperling, Monika Ołdak, Barbara Walch-Rückheim, Claudia Wickenhauser, John Doorbar, Herbert Pfister, Magdalena Malejczyk, Sławomir Majewski, Andrew C Keates, Sigrun Smola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22911498/pdf/?tool=EBI