Viruses and Cancer: From Cellular Mechanism to Therapeutic Aspects

Dear Colleagues, 

Viruses cause a wide spectrum of clinical diseases; several have even been shown to be capable of causing cancers in humans. Additional events and host factors, such as an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, oncogenic mutations accumulated with age, and host genetic predisposition, are also predicted to play a role in viral diseases. A comprehensive understanding of viral oncogenesis and the molecular mechanisms of host responses may enable the identification of unknown infectious cancer etiologies; thus, enhancing our knowledge of this area holds much promise for the development of more effective and tolerable strategies for virus-associated cancers. 

This Special Issue of Cells aims to bring together the latest key findings on host responses during virus infection leading to viral oncogenesis and discuss new diagnostic and therapeutic ideas and applications.  Research areas of interest include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

• Host cell responses: cellular and molecular mechanisms;
• Virus–host interaction;
• Host immunity and viral evasion mechanisms;
• Viral oncogenesis;
• Metabolic reprogramming;
• Therapeutic approaches. 

Original research articles and reviews are both welcome. We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Dr. Hyun Jin Kwun
Dr. Young Bong Choi
Guest Editors

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