Abstract “The forgotten organ”, the human microbiome, comprises a community of
microorganisms that colonizes various sites of the human body. Through coevolution of …

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with cancer of the cervix uteri, penis, vulva,
vagina, anus and oropharynx. However, the role of HPV infection in urological tumors is not …

Background Systemic inflammatory response has been shown to play a vital role in
carcinogenesis and tumor progression. Acute rejection is a systemic inflammatory state and …

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for about 2% of cancer diagnoses and deaths
worldwide. Recent studies emphasized the critical involvement of microbial populations in …

Nephropathy secondary to BK virus, a member of the Papoviridae family of viruses, has
been recognized for some time as an important cause of allograft dysfunction in renal …

Certain types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are undoubtedly involved in genesis of
human malignancies. HPV plays an etiological role in cervical cancer, but also in many …

Since the late 1990s, infectious agents have been thought to play a role in the pathogenesis
of approximately 15% of cancers. It is now widely accepted that infection of stomach tissue …

Introduction: The renal bacterial colonization has not been explored so far. Objective: The
aim of this study was to describe the renal microbiome and to determine differences of the …

Objectives Infection with human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is intimately associated with
anogenital tract malignancies including cervical and vulvar cancer, a subset of …

Genetic variants may affect the interactions between microRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) and their
target genes by modulating their binding affinity or by creating, or destroying a miRNA …