"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.
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D059965
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.210.620.615.550 B04.613.204.670.615.550
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 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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High-grade Neuroendocrine Carcinomas of the Vulva: A Clinicopathologic Study of 16 Cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2021 03 01; 45(3):304-316.
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Virus-positive Merkel Cell Carcinoma Is an Independent Prognostic Group with Distinct Predictive Biomarkers. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 05 01; 27(9):2494-2504.
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Merkel cell carcinoma with fingolimod treatment for multiple sclerosis: A case report. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2017 Oct; 17:12-14.
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Detection of Merkel Cell Polyoma Virus and Beta Human Papillomavirus in Multiple Eccrine Poromas in a Patient With Acute Leukemia Treated With Stem Cell Transplant. Am J Dermatopathol. 2017 06; 39(6):489-491.
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Density, Distribution, and Composition of Immune Infiltrates Correlate with Survival in Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2016 Nov 15; 22(22):5553-5563.
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Merkel cell polyomavirus and human papilloma virus in proliferative skin lesions arising in patients treated with BRAF inhibitors. Arch Dermatol Res. 2016 Jul; 308(5):357-65.
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Distinct gene expression profiles in two cases of Merkel cell polyomavirus-negative Merkel cell carcinoma: shedding light on an esoteric entity. Int J Dermatol. 2015 Dec; 54(12):e549-51.
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Regression of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma following transfer of polyomavirus-specific T cells and therapies capable of re-inducing HLA class-I. Cancer Immunol Res. 2014 Jan; 2(1):27-36.
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Merkel cell polyomavirus and HPV-17 associated with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma arising in a patient with melanoma treated with the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib. JAMA Dermatol. 2013 Mar; 149(3):322-6.
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Characterization of an early passage Merkel cell polyomavirus-positive Merkel cell carcinoma cell line, MS-1, and its growth in NOD scid gamma mice. J Virol Methods. 2013 Jan; 187(1):6-14.