Extrachromosomal Amplification of Human Papillomavirus Episomes Is a Mechanism of Cervical Carcinogenesis.

Rossi, Nicole M; Dai, Jieqiong; Xie, Yi; Wangsa, Darawalee; Heselmeyer-Haddad, Kerstin; Lou, Hong; Boland, Joseph F; Yeager, Meredith et al. · Cancer Res · 2023

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Multimers of the HPV genome are generated in cervical tumors replicating as extrachromosomal episomes, which is associated with deletion and rearrangement of the HPV genome and provides a mechanism for oncogenesis without integration.

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