Infections and cancer: the “fifty shades of immunity” hypothesis

• Published in: BMC cancer Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 257 - 11
• Main Authors: Jacqueline, Camille, Tasiemski, Aurélie, Sorci, Gabriele, Ujvari, Beata, Maachi, Fatima, Missé, Dorothée, Renaud, François, Ewald, Paul, Thomas, Frédéric, Roche, Benjamin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 12.04.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Antigens; Bacteria; Bladder cancer; Cancer; Carcinogenesis; Carcinogens; Cell adhesion & migration; Cell cycle; Cell growth; Communicable Disease Control; Communicable Diseases; Communicable Diseases - immunology; Communicable Diseases - transmission; Complications and side effects; Cytomegalovirus; Debate; Disease prevention; Evolution; Host-parasite relationships; Human health and pathology; Humans; Hypoxia; Immune response; Immune system; Immunity; Immunology; Immunotherapy; Infection; Infections; Infectious diseases; Life Sciences; Liver cancer; Measles; Mutation; Neoplasms; Neoplasms - etiology; Neoplasms - immunology; Observations; Oncogenes; Personal history of infection; Risk factors; Sanitation; Substance abuse treatment; Tumors; Viral infections; Viruses; West Nile virus; Infection; Evolution; Immunity; Personal history of infection; Cancer

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, infection has emerged as a fundamental aspect of cancer causation with a growing number of pathogens recognized as oncogenic. Meanwhile, oncolytic viruses have also attracted considerable interest as possible agents of tumor destruction. Lost in the dich...