Loss of robustness and addiction to IGF1 during early keratinocyte transformation by human Papilloma virus 16.

Infection of keratinocytes with high risk human Papilloma virus causes immortalization, and when followed by further mutations, leads to cervical cancer and other anogenital tumors. Here we monitor the progressive loss of robustness in an in vitro model of the early stages of transformation that com...

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Main Authors: Tamar Geiger, Alexander Levitzki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1904256?pdf=render