Sentences with phrase «human papillomavirus e7»
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Once taken up by antigen - presenting cells, which help focus the immune system on an invader, the vaccine releases a factor that heightens their attention specifically to the cancer - promoting protein E7, a so - called oncoprotein that not only enables the human papillomavirus to multiply, but potentially cervical cancer cells to do the same.
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Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) initiates cervical cancer, and continuous expression of HPV oncogenes E6 and E7 is thought to be necessary to maintain malignant growth.