| Literature DB >> 15220463 |
Natalie Sutkowski1, Gang Chen, German Calderon, Brigitte T Huber.
Abstract
Superantigens are microbial proteins that strongly stimulate T cells. We described previously that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transactivates a superantigen encoded by the human endogenous retrovirus, HERV-K18. We now report that the transactivation is dependent upon the EBV latent cycle proteins. Moreover, LMP-2A is sufficient for induction of HERV-K18 superantigen activity.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15220463 PMCID: PMC434102 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.14.7852-7860.2004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103