Cancers, Vol. 15, Pages 3810: Characterization of DoTc2 4510 & mdash;Identifying HPV16 Presence in a Cervical Carcinoma Cell Line Previously Considered to Be HPV-Negative

Cancers, Vol. 15, Pages 3810: Characterization of DoTc2 4510—Identifying HPV16 Presence in a Cervical Carcinoma Cell Line Previously Considered to Be HPV-Negative Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers15153810 Authors: Nika Vučković Karin Hoppe-Seyler Angelika B. Riemer Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in women, with over 340,000 women dying from this disease in 2020. Almost all cases have an underlying persistent infection with an oncogenic high-risk type of human papillomavirus (HPV), mainly HPV16. While cervical squamous cell carcinoma is hardly ever HPV-negative, a small subset of adenocarcinoma exhibits absence of HPV, even after disproval of false-negative testing results due to low viral load. This proportion is evident in many cervical cancer studies and is reflected in the repertoire of model cell lines commonly used in research. As the viral origin of cervical cancer makes it a disease preventable and potentially treatable by immunotherapeutic approaches, it is the focus of many studies. For pertinent research, both a broad set of HPV-infected cervical carcinoma models are required, as well as stringent negative controls. A ubiquitously used HPV-negative cervical adenocarcinoma cell line is C-33A. Another cervical cancer cell line is available for purchase from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), namely DoTc2 4510, described to be HPV-negative and thus as a model for a rare gynecological malignancy. Here, we present...
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