Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV) T-antigen seroreactivity, MCV DNA in eyebrow hairs, and squamous cell carcinoma Clinical oncology

Infectious Agents and Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hampras, Shalaka S ^a   Michel, Angelika ^b   Schmitt, Markus ^b,c   Waterboer, Tim ^b   Kranz, Lena ^b,d   Gheit, Tarik ^e   Fisher, Kate ^a   Sondak, Vernon K ^a   Messina, Jane ^a,f   Fenske, Neil ^f   Cherpelis, Basil ^f   Tommasino, Massimo ^e   Pawlita, Michael ^b   Rollison, Dana E ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c GATC Biotech AG   (Germany)

^d Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI)   (Germany)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; Eyebrow hairs; Merkel cell polyomavirus; T Antigen

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN; VIRUS SMALL T ANTIGEN; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANCER TISSUE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYEBROW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84944324528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17509378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13027-015-0030-0     Document Type: Article

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