1. Parasite-microbe-host interactions and cancer risk.
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Dheilly, Nolwenn M., Ewald, Paul W., Brindley, Paul J., Fichorova, Raina N., and Thomas, Frédéric
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PAPILLOMAVIRUSES ,PAPILLOMAVIRUS diseases ,CHAGAS' disease ,MEDICAL sciences ,CANCER ,MEDICAL microbiology - Abstract
The article offers information on the natural selection act on parasites to compromise barriers to cancer risks. Topics discussed the factors that disrupt the cellular barriers to cancer as cell-cycle arrest, apoptosis, repression of telomerase, and cell adhesion; highlights high prevalence of microbes with oncogenic potential and focuses that parasites can modulate the oncogenicity of host-associated microbes.
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- 2019
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