The disease stage-associated imbalance of Th1/Th2 and Th17/Treg in uterine cervical cancer patients and their recovery with the reduction of tumor burden

• Main Authors: Wei Lin (Author), Hua-ling Zhang (Author), Zhao-yuan Niu (Author), Zhen Wang (Author), Yan Kong (Author), Xing-sheng Yang (Author), Fang Yuan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Nearly all uterine cervical cancer (UCC) cases result from human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. After high-risk HPV infection, most HPV infections are naturally cleared by humoral and cell-mediated immune responses. Thus, cervical lesions of only few patients progress into cervi...