An Unexpected Relationship Between Human Papillomavirus and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Mendelian Randomization Study
The analysis does not support a causal relationship between HPV infection and HNC, as indicated by the lack of evidence linking HPV16/18 E7 proteins to the development of this cancer.
Authors
- Tobias Vollkommer
- Martin Gosau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9781-4315)
- Jingyi Zhai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0475-8786)
- Reinhard E. Friedrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7747-9636)
- Rico Rutkowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3772-6353)
- Ralf Smeets (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0207-5474)
- Yong Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1590-0186)
- Ji-Zhou Wu
- Li-yuan Xiao
Institutions
- Guiyang Medical University (CN)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- In Vivo
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.13918
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47