Recent Advances in Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Research
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 1960
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-associated diseases remain a significant global health challenge, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality. These diseases impose severe health, social, and economic burdens. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that HPV is the leading viral cause of cancer worldwide, accounting for ~570,000 new cervical cancer cases and 120,000 other anogenital and oropharyngeal cancer cases each year. Although controversial, HPV has also been associated with certain subsets of breast, esophageal, and colorectal cancers, highlighting the need for further basic research.
Recent advancements in molecular and “omics” technologies, laboratory instrumentation, and in silico analytical methods have significantly enhanced our understanding of HPV, mechanisms of carcinogenesis, viral–host interactions, viral evolution, and epidemiology. This Special Issue aims to create a platform for HPV researchers across various biomedical fields—including infectious diseases, virology, oncology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and laboratory medicine—to exchange ideas, tools, and findings. The emphasis will be on the latest progress in employing novel molecular approaches or technologies in HPV or HPV-related research, spanning from basic science to population health.
We invite the submission of original research manuscripts, methods articles, and reviews that highlight the latest advancements across diverse thematic areas of HPV research.
Dr. Jane Shen-Gunther
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- human papillomavirus (HPV)/genetics
- HPV-associated cancers
- HPV cell-free DNA (cfDNA)
- HPV circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)
- HPV circulating tumor cells (CTCs)
- carcinogenesis/genetics
- CRISPR-cas systems/genetics
- digital PCR
- molecular diagnostics/methods
- point-of-care diagnostics/methods
- next-generation sequencing/methods
- single-cell sequencing/methods
- genomics
- epigenomics
- proteomics
- metagenomics
- phylogenomics
- virus evolution
- virus–host interactions
- virus integration/genetics
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