%X In this issue of Cancer Cell, Son et al. highlight an unexpected role for skin β-papillomaviruses in the protection against skin carcinogenesis. T cell immunity to skin papillomaviruses blocks the expansion of p53 mutant clones in ultraviolet (UV) radiation-damaged skin, preventing the development of skin cancer.
%K Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Oncology, Cell Biology, SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA
%J Cancer Cell
%A Marta Lebrusant-Fernandez
%A James L Reading
%T Beta papillomaviruses: From foe to friend in skin cancer immunity
%N 1
%C United States
%L discovery10206164
%I CELL PRESS
%V 43
%P 6-7
%D 2025
%O This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.