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ArticleScientific reports2019

Sensitive detection of EBV microRNAs across cancer spectrum reveals association with decreased survival in adult acute myelocytic leukemia.

Mercedeh Movassagh, Cliff Oduor, Catherine Forconi, Ann M Moormann, Jeffrey A Bailey

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Exploring underlying mechanism of artesunate in treatment of acute myeloid leukemia using network pharmacology and molecular docking.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023
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  8. Non-Coding RNAs in Lung Tumor Initiation and Progression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mercedeh MovassaghDepartment of Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Cliff OduorCenter for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
Catherine ForconiDepartment of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Ann M MoormannDepartment of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Jeffrey A BaileyDepartment of Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. jeffrey_bailey@brown.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6899-8204

Funding

University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational ScienceUL1TR000161 · NCATS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LUZURIAGA, KATHERINE F · 2012 to 2015
$11.0M
Impact of malaria on shaping immunity to EBV in the etiology of Burkitt lymphomaR01CA189806 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI MOORMANN, ANN M · 2014 to 2024
$5.7M
T Cell Immunity in Endemic Burkitt LymphomaR01CA134051 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI MOORMANN, ANN M · 2008 to 2012
$2.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000161NCI NIH HHS R01 CA134051NCI NIH HHS R01 CA189806
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epstein Barr virus (EBV) is the etiologic agent involved in numerous human cancers. After infecting the host, EBV establishes a latent infection, with low levels of messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein expression, evolved to evade immune recognition. Conversely, EBV microRNAs (miRNA) are expressed ubiquitously and abundantly within infected cells. Their role in tumor biology and clinical outcomes across the spectrum of cancer is not fully explained. Here, we applied our bioinformatics pipeline for quantitative EBV miRNA detection to examine sequencing data of 8,955 individual tumor samples across 27 tumor types representing the breadth of cancer. We uncover an association of intermediate levels of viral miRNA with decreased survival in adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients (P = 0.00013). Prognostic modeling of this association suggests that increased EBV miRNA levels represent an independent risk factor for poor patient outcomes. Furthermore, we explore differences in expression between elevated and absent viral miRNA loads in adult AML tumors finding that EBV positivity was associated with proinflammatory signals. Together, given no associations were found for pediatric AML, our analyses suggests EBV positivity has the potential for being a prognostic biomarker and might represent a surrogate measure related to immune impairment in adult patients.

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MicroRNAsRNA, ViralComputational BiologyEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsGene Expression Regulation, ViralHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLeukemia, Myeloid, AcutePrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsROC CurveMicroRNAsRNA, Viral

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PMID31889055
PMCPMC6937232

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