"Merkel cell polyomavirus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of POLYOMAVIRUS suspected to be the cause of most cases of MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA, a rare but highly lethal form of skin cancer.
| Descriptor ID |
D059965
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.210.620.615.550 B04.613.204.670.615.550
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Merkel cell polyomavirus" by people in Profiles.
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Merkel Cell Polyomavirus DNA Detection in Respiratory Samples: Study of a Cohort of Patients Affected by Cystic Fibrosis. Viruses. 2019 06 21; 11(6).
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Epidemiology, biology and therapy of Merkel cell carcinoma: conclusions from the EU project IMMOMEC. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2018 03; 67(3):341-351.
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Spontaneous lung metastasis formation of human Merkel cell carcinoma cell lines transplanted into scid mice. Int J Cancer. 2017 07 01; 141(1):160-171.
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Merkel cell polyomavirus IgG antibody levels are associated with progression to AIDS among HIV-infected individuals. Arch Virol. 2017 Apr; 162(4):963-969.