“…However, unlike PTPN14, which is defined as a tumor suppressor and particularly controls the Hippo signaling pathway (Huang et al, 2013;Liu et al, 2013;Mello et al, 2017;Michaloglou et al, 2013;Wilson et al, 2014), PTPN21 is known to be upregulated in several types of cancer cells and is associated with EGFR activation and intracellular trafficking, implying that this protein might be potentially oncogenic rather than tumor-suppressive (Carlucci et al, 2010;Plani-Lam et al, 2016;Roda-Navarro and Bastiaens, 2014;Wu et al, 2010). While the association between p53 and PTPN21 remains elusive, PTPN21 was reported to inhibit nuclear factor-κB transcriptional activity (Cho et al, 2017), which is known to play a pivotal role in immune responses and be negatively regulated by p53 (Carra et al, 2020;Jang et al, 2020;Pal et al, 2014;Schneider et al, 2010). Therefore, the biological roles and consequences of the HPV E7-PTPN21 interaction in HPV-driven tumorigenesis might differ from those of the HPV E7-PTPN14 interaction and warrant further investigation.…”