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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2017

Specific Detection of Serum Antibodies against BKPyV, A Small DNA Tumour Virus, in Patients Affected by Choroidal Nevi.

Silvia Pietrobon, Ilaria Bononi, Francesca Lotito, Paolo Perri, Sara Violanti, Elisa Mazzoni, Fernanda Martini, Mauro G Tognon

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Silvia PietrobonSection of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Ilaria BononiSection of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Francesca LotitoSection of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Paolo PerriSection of Ophthalmology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Specialized Surgeries, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Sara ViolantiSection of Ophthalmology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Specialized Surgeries, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Elisa MazzoniSection of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Fernanda MartiniSection of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Mauro G TognonSection of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
University of Ferrara · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ocular or choroidal nevus (CN) is a rare benign neoplastic lesion of the eye. The cause of CN onset/progression, which arises from the transformation of ocular melanocytes, is not known. A fraction of CN patients may develop uveal melanoma. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between CN and BK polyomavirus (BKPyV), a small DNA tumor virus. Serum IgG antibodies which react with BKPyV antigens were analyzed. An indirect E.L.I.S.A. using synthetic peptides that mimic BKPyV antigens was employed. Serum antibodies against BKPyV were also investigated by haemagglutination inhibition (HAI) assay. Sera were from CN patients and healthy subject (HS) were the control. A statistically significant higher prevalence of antibodies against BKPyV capsid protein antigens in serum samples from CN patients was detected, compared to HS, using two independent techniques, indirect E.L.I.S.A. and HAI (87.3% CN vs. 62.1% HS and 91.5% CN vs. 64.4% HS, respectively;

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antibodyBKPyVchoroidal nevusprevalenceserumtiter

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