Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6071311 | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Organ transplant recipients (OTRs) are at increased risk of developing nonmelanoma skin cancers. This has long been thought to be caused by immunosuppression and viral infection. However, skin cancer risk among individuals with AIDS or iatrogenic immunodeficiency does not approach the levels seen in OTRs, suggesting other factors play a critical role in oncogenesis. In clinical trials of OTRs, switching from calcineurin inhibitors to mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors consistently led to a significant reduction in the risk of developing new skin cancers. New evidence suggests calcineurin inhibitors interfere with p53 signaling and nucleotide excision repair. These two pathways are associated with nonmelanoma skin cancer, and squamous cell carcinoma in particular. This finding may help explain the predominance of squamous cell carcinoma over basal cell carcinoma in this population. Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors do not appear to impact these pathways. Immunosuppression, viral infection, and impaired DNA repair and p53 signaling all interact in OTRs to create a phenotype of extreme risk for nonmelanoma skin cancer.
Keywords
SCCOTRmTORBCCCNIUVRNMSCNERUltravioletUltraviolet radiationnucleotide excision repairSkin cancernonmelanoma skin cancerImmunosuppressionconfidence intervalCalcineurin inhibitorscalcineurin inhibitormammalian target of rapamycinMammalian target of rapamycin inhibitorsOncogenic virusesHuman papillomavirusHPVBasal cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaorgan transplant recipientOrgan transplant recipients
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Authors
Lee PhD, Sarah BA, Kathryn Anne BS, Brian C. MD, Joel MD,