| Literature DB >> 12368357 |
Pascal Trempat1, Julie Tabiasco, Pascale Andre, Nathalie Faumont, Fabienne Meggetto, Georges Delsol, Randy D Gascoyne, Jean-Jacques Fournie, Eric Vivier, Pierre Brousset.
Abstract
We examined lymph nodes and tonsils from patients with infectious mononucleosis by combined detection of EBV-encoded RNA and a specific marker of natural killer (NK) cells, PEN5. A small number of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latently infected nonneoplastic NK cells were detected. Our data demonstrate that NK cells are natural targets of EBV and that infection of these cells is an early event observed during primary EBV infection.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12368357 PMCID: PMC136608 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.21.11139-11142.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103