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ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2015

Epstein-Barr virus latency: current and future perspectives.

Bettina Kempkes, Erle S Robertson

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Review in Current opinion in virology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
72citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. EBV Triggers a Distinct Antiviral Response in HMC3 Cells.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  11. Evaluation of Clinical and Hematological Findings of Patients with Acute and Reactivated EBV Infection.Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2025
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  12. Understanding Metabolic Pathway Rewiring by Oncogenic Gamma Herpesvirus.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2024
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12 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Bettina KempkesDepartment of Gene Vectors, Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: kempkes@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
Erle S RobertsonDepartment of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program of the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: erle@upenn.edu.
Helmholtz Zentrum München · DEUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAN CTR SUPPORT GRANTP30CA016520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SHELLEY L BERGER · 1985 to 2026
$222.3M
TRANSGENIC AND CHIMERIC MOUSE COREP30DK050306 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ken Hashigiwa Cadwell · 1997 to 2026
$32.5M
Role of LANA-RBP-jk During Early KSHV InfectionP01CA174439 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ROBERTSON, ERLE S. · 2013 to 2018
$8.7M
Shared Resources CoreU54CA190158 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ROBERTSON, ERLE S. · 2014 to 2023
$4.2M
KSHV genome modification in KS tissueR01CA177423 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ROBERTSON, ERLE S. · 2013 to 2015
$594k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA174439NCI NIH HHS P01CA174439NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016520NCI NIH HHS P30CA016520NCI NIH HHS R01 CA177423NCI NIH HHS U54 CA190158NCI NIH HHS U54CA190158NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK050306NIDDK NIH HHS P30DK050306
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

EBV drives resting B cells to continuous proliferating latently infected cells. A restricted program of viral transcription contributes to latency and cell proliferation important for growth transformation. Recent interest in latency and transformation has provided new data about the roles of the EBV encoded latent proteins and non-coding RNAs. We broadly describe the transcription, epigenetic, signaling and super-enhancer functions of the latent nuclear antigens in regulating cellular transcription; the role of LMP2 in utilization of the autophagosome to control cell death, and the association between LMP1, the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex and TRAF1 which are important for transformation. This review explores recent discoveries with new insights into therapeutic avenues for EBV related malignancies.

Indexed as

CarcinogenesisHost-Pathogen InteractionsVirus LatencyGene Expression RegulationHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumans

Identifiers

PMID26453799
PMCPMC5868753
OpenAlexW2185697766

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