Abstract
The contribution of inflammasoma in human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and HPV-associated cervical carcinoma (HPV-CC) has not yet been fully elucidated. On the one hand, the production of inflammatory cytokines (IL-1², IL-18) in keratinocytes seems to be directly proportional to the progression of CC suggesting that HPV would activate the inflammassoma. However, there is also evidence t…