Papillomavirus silences innate immune response

(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) Human papillomavirus type 16, the most common cause of cervical cancer, silences a key signaling molecule of immune response in its host cells. Once the body’s own immune defense is missing, the pathogens are able to infect the cells of the cervical mucosa even more successfully. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center have found out that the viral E6 oncogene is responsible for this mechanism.

source : www.eurekalert.org

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