Reciprocal transactivation of Merkel cell polyomavirus and high-risk human papillomavirus promoter activities and increased expression of their oncoproteins.
Kashif RasheedBaldur SveinbjørnssonValeria PietropaoloPublished in: Virology journal (2021)
These results indicate that the co-infection of MCPyV may act as a co-factor in the initiation and/or progression of HPV-induced cancers.