Presence of Merkel cell polyomavirus DNA and large-T antigen in keratinocyte carcinomas and its correlation with immunohistochemical markers p16, p53 and ki67

• Main Authors: T.R. Bellott (Author), Flávio Barbosa Luz (Author), Anna Karoline Fausto da Silva (Author), Rafael Brandão Varella (Author), Mayra Carrijo Rochael (Author), Rafaela Elvira Rozza- (Author), Luciana Pantaleão (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV), a human polyomavirus that is unequivocally linked to merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), has been found in association with keratinocytes carcinomas (KC), especially basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). Nevertheless,...