| Literature DB >> 26085168 |
Janine Mühe1, Fred Wang2.
Abstract
Epstein-Barr-related herpesviruses, or lymphocryptoviruses (LCV), naturally infect humans and nonhuman primates (NHP), but their host range is not well characterized. Using LCV and B cells from multiple species of Hominidae and Cercopithecidae, we show that LCV can immortalize B cells from some nonnative species but that growth transformation is restricted to B cells from their own family of hominoids or Old World NHP, suggesting a high degree of LCV adaptation to their natural primate host.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26085168 PMCID: PMC4524086 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01235-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103