Environmental exposure and HPV infection may act synergistically to induce lung tumorigenesis in nonsmokers
Most studies of lung tumorigenesis have focused on smokers rather than nonsmokers. In this study, we used human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive and HPV-negative lung cancer cells to test the hypothesis that HPV infection synergistically increases DNA damage induced by exposure to the carcinogen benzo[...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Impact Journals LLC
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4991423/ |