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SUBMITTER: Lagstrom S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8287217 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Lagström Sonja S Løvestad Alexander Hesselberg AH Umu Sinan Uğur SU Ambur Ole Herman OH Nygård Mari M Rounge Trine B TB Christiansen Irene Kraus IK
Tumour virus research 20210625
Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 and 18 are the most predominant types in cervical cancer. Only a small fraction of HPV infections progress to cancer, indicating that additional factors and genomic events contribute to the carcinogenesis, such as minor nucleotide variation caused by APOBEC3 and chromosomal integration. We analysed intra-host minor nucleotide variants (MNVs) and integration in HPV16 and HPV18 positive cervical samples with different morphology. Samples were sequenced using an HPV wh ...[more]