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ArticleCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2017

High prevalence of antibodies reacting to mimotopes of Simian virus 40 large T antigen, the oncoprotein, in serum samples of patients affected by non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Elisa Mazzoni, Silvia Pietrobon, Miriam Bilancia, Fabrizio Vinante, Antonella Rigo, Isacco Ferrarini, Antonio D'Agostino, Maria Vittoria Casali, Fernanda Martini, Mauro Tognon

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Article in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Elisa MazzoniSection of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Silvia PietrobonSection of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Miriam BilanciaSection of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Fabrizio VinanteSection of Haematology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Antonella RigoSection of Haematology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Isacco FerrariniSection of Haematology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Antonio D'AgostinoDepartment of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Maria Vittoria CasaliHospital Headquarter Department, State Hospital, Institute for Social Security, San Marino, Republic of San Marino.
Fernanda MartiniSection of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Mauro TognonSection of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. tgm@unife.it.
University of Ferrara · ITUniversity of Verona · ITUniversity of the Republic of San Marino · SM

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro IG-16046Associazione Sammarinese per la lotta contro le Leucemie e le Emopatie Maligne, San Marino 2015/11Fondazione Buzzi UNICEM, Casale Monferrato 2008/2Foundation of the Saving Bank of Cento, Cento 09/2015Università degli Studi di Ferrara FAR 2014/2015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new immunological investigation was carried out to study the association between non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Simian virus 40 (SV40). To this end, a new indirect ELISA was employed with two mimotopes from SV40 large T antigen (Tag), the viral oncoprotein, to analyse for specific reactions to antibodies in sera from non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients and controls, represented by healthy subjects (HS) and breast carcinoma (BC) patients. This study allowed us to assay a new sera collection from non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients (NHL, n = 254). To verify the association between NHL and SV40 Tag, two totally independent cohorts were analysed: NHL1 n = 150 and NHL2 n = 104. The epidemiological survey included sera from HS1, n = 150; HS2, n = 104 and BC, n = 78. This new indirect ELISA revealed that antibodies against SV40 Tag mimotopes are detectable in NHL1 and NHL2 sera with a prevalence of 37 and 36%, respectively. The prevalence of SV40-antibodies detected in both NHL1 and NHL2 cohorts differs statistically from controls, at 19% for HS1 (p < 0.01), HS2 (p < 0.05) and BC patients (p < 0.05). This study, carried out with an immunological assay with specific Tag oncoprotein mimotopes of Simian virus 40, reports the presence of IgG antibodies against the large Tumour antigen in non-Hodgkin lymphomas for the first time. Our immunological data with two independent NHL cohorts show a statistically significant association between Simian virus 40 Tag and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. These results suggest that SV40-positive non-Hodgkin lymphomas could be treated differently from those tested SV40-negative.

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AdultAnimalsAntibodies, ViralAntigens, Viral, TumorFemaleHumansLymphoma, Non-HodgkinMiceMice, TransgenicMiddle AgedOncogene ProteinsPrevalenceSimian virus 40Antibodies, ViralAntigens, Viral, TumorOncogene ProteinsAntibodyInfectionMimotopeNHLSV40T antigen

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PMID28455653
PMCPMC11028449
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