Does the HPV which causes genital warts produce toxins?
Friday, March 5th, 2010 at
2:45 am
HPV types 6 and 11 cause genital warts, when the virus enters the hosts cells do they produce any toxins???? Ive searched and searched but can not find anything about it so i presume not, but i just need to make sure (for an assignment)
Im aware of what HPV does etc…i just need to no if once they enter the body, do they produce toxins?
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When they enter the host cell, the virus produces proteins that cause the growth of the warts. They do not produce any toxins apart from the normal by-products of cellular protein production, eg CO2.
Types 6 and 11 cause genital warts, while 16 and 18 cause cervical cancer. Read it somewhere online…
HPV-6 and HPV-11 are most commonly associated with benign lesions such as genital warts and mild dysplasia of the cervix (potentially precancerous changes in the appearance of cervical cells under a microscope) and are termed "low-risk" HPV types. In contrast, HPV-16 and HPV-18 are the types found in the majority of cervical and anogenital cancers as well as severe dysplasia of the cervix. These belong to the so-called "high-risk" group of HPVs