Human papillomavirus employs immune evasion strategies to establish a long-term infection. Here the authors show that the virus in the EGFR-dependent manner induces IFRD1, which blocks NFκB activating acetylation, and that this process can be suppressed by the EGFR inhibitor cetuximab.
- Bart Tummers
- Renske Goedemans
- Sjoerd H. van der Burg