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ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2017

Epstein-Barr virus: a master epigenetic manipulator.

Rona S Scott

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Review in Current opinion in virology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

57 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

1 author.

Rona S ScottDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular and Tumor Virology, and Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, United States. Electronic address: rscott1@lsuhsc.edu.

Funding

COBRE Center for Molecular and Tumor VirologyP30GM110703 · NIGMS · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC SHREVEPORT · PI SAPP, MARTIN · 2014 to 2018
$4.8M
Epigenetic Effects of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Oral Squamous Cell CarcinomaR01DE025565 · NIDCR · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC SHREVEPORT · PI SCOTT, RONA S · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE025565NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM110703
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Like all herpesviruses, the ability of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) to establish life-long persistent infections is related to a biphasic viral lifecycle that involves latency and reactivation/lytic replication. Memory B cells serve as the EBV latency compartment where silencing of viral gene expression allows maintenance of the viral genome, avoidance of immune surveillance, and life-long carriage. Upon viral reactivation, viral gene expression is induced for replication, progeny virion production, and viral spread. EBV uses the host epigenetic machinery to regulate its distinct viral gene expression states. However, epigenetic manipulation by EBV affects the host epigenome by reprogramming cells in ways that leave long-lasting, oncogenic phenotypes. Such virally-induced epigenetic alterations are evident in EBV-associated cancers.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, ViralHost-Pathogen InteractionsHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansVirus ActivationVirus LatencyVirus Replication

Identifiers

PMID28780440
PMCPMC5742862

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