In comparison to HPV-negative CESC patients (n = 9), HPV-positive CESC patients in the TCGA-CESC cohort showed significantly lower expression levels of DDR and PACT_TRBP, but higher expression levels of OAS_RNAseL and RLR (Additional file 1: Fig. S1A). This evidence concerns the gene RNASEL and cervical squamous cell carcinoma.