| Literature DB >> 24457012 |
Shannon C Kenney1, Janet E Mertz2.
Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection contributes to the development of several different types of human malignancy, including Burkitt lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. As a herpesvirus, EBV can establish latent or lytic infection in cells. EBV-positive tumors are composed almost exclusively of cells with latent EBV infection. Strategies for inducing the lytic form of EBV infection in tumor cells are being investigated as a potential therapy for EBV-positive tumors. In this article, we review how cellular and viral proteins regulate the latent-lytic EBV switch in infected B cells and epithelial cells, and discuss how harnessing lytic viral reactivation might be used therapeutically.Entities:
Keywords: Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM); Genome methylation; Hypoxia; Lytic induction therapy; TGF-β
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24457012 PMCID: PMC4048781 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2014.01.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Semin Cancer Biol ISSN: 1044-579X Impact factor: 15.707