The Role of Viruses in the Development of Cancer

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute a paper for this Special Issue on “The Role of Viruses in the Development of Cancer”. Viruses have been studied as etiological agents in the development of animal and human cancers for more than a century. This work has aided the identification of oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes as well as highlighting viruses that play a crucial role in the development of human cancers, for example, the role of high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) in ano-genital and oral cancers, and of the human retrovirus T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV 1) in adult T-cell leukaemia (ATL). The field continues to be buoyant, with new tumour viruses such as the DNA viruses, Merkel Cell Polyomavirus (MCPyV) and Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV or HHV8) being discovered using DNA sequence and genomic analysis within the past two decades. While effective prophylactic vaccines have been developed against HPVs and Hepatitis B (HBV), there is still a requirement for novel therapeutic approaches to human cancers that are driven by tumour virus infection. 

Original research articles and reviews are welcome in this Special Issue. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) fundamental studies on the molecular mechanisms of cell transformation and oncogenesis by DNA and RNA tumour viruses; the immune response to tumour viruses; the immune evasion of cancers driven by tumour viruses; prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines against tumour viruses and the cancers that they cause; emerging tumour viruses; and global perspectives on tumour viruses and cancers.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. George Eric Blair
Guest Editor

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