Contribution of Human Retroviruses to Disease Development—A Focus on the HIV– and HERV–Cancer Relationships and Treatment Strategies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. HIV-Associated Cancers: Classification and Epidemiology
3. AIDS-Defining HIV-Associated Cancers
4. Other HIV-Associated Cancers
5. Immunotherapeutic Strategies Targeting HIV for Cancer Treatment
6. The Physiological Implications of HERV Elements
7. HERV Activation and the Paradigm of HERV in Cancers
8. HERV Contribution to Cancer at the Genome Level
9. HERV Contribution to Cancer at the Protein Level
10. HERV-Induced Immune Responses—Implication for Cancer Management
11. Immunotherapeutic Strategies Targeting HERV for Cancer Treatment
12. Inhibiting DNA Methylation to Induce Anti-Tumor Response through HERV Signature Upregulation as a Cancer Treatment Strategy
13. Antiviral Targeting of HERV as a Strategy for Cancer Treatment
14. Conclusions and Future Prospects
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Liu, C.-H.; Grandi, N.; Palanivelu, L.; Tramontano, E.; Lin, L.-T. Contribution of Human Retroviruses to Disease Development—A Focus on the HIV– and HERV–Cancer Relationships and Treatment Strategies. Viruses 2020, 12, 852. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12080852
Liu C-H, Grandi N, Palanivelu L, Tramontano E, Lin L-T. Contribution of Human Retroviruses to Disease Development—A Focus on the HIV– and HERV–Cancer Relationships and Treatment Strategies. Viruses. 2020; 12(8):852. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12080852
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Ching-Hsuan, Nicole Grandi, Lalitha Palanivelu, Enzo Tramontano, and Liang-Tzung Lin. 2020. "Contribution of Human Retroviruses to Disease Development—A Focus on the HIV– and HERV–Cancer Relationships and Treatment Strategies" Viruses 12, no. 8: 852. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12080852