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ReviewCancers2020

Lytic Induction Therapy against Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Malignancies: Past, Present, and Future.

Stephanie Pei Tung Yiu, Mike Dorothea, Kwai Fung Hui, Alan Kwok Shing Chiang

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Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. TLR2 and TLR9 in Brain Cancer Patients in Relation to EBV Status.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  6. Increased Frequency of the Chemokine Receptor CCR2 on Circulating CD19+CD5+ Lymphocytes in Therapy-Naïve CLL Patients With the Detectable EBV DNA and High-Avidity Antibodies Against the EBV Capsid Antigen.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Stephanie Pei Tung YiuDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1792-247X
Mike DorotheaDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Kwai Fung HuiDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Alan Kwok Shing ChiangDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1089-5325

Funding

Health and Medical Research Fund 16150472Health and Medical Research Fund 17160712undefined <span style="color:gray;font-size:10px;">undefined</span> RGC Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) Scheme Grant # C4001-18G
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) lytic induction therapy is an emerging virus-targeted therapeutic approach that exploits the presence of EBV in tumor cells to confer specific killing effects against EBV-associated malignancies. Efforts have been made in the past years to uncover the mechanisms of EBV latent-lytic switch and discover different classes of chemical compounds that can reactivate the EBV lytic cycle. Despite the growing list of compounds showing potential to be used in the lytic induction therapy, only a few are being tested in clinical trials, with varying degrees of success. This review will summarize the current knowledge on EBV lytic reactivation, the major hurdles of translating the lytic induction therapy into clinical settings, and highlight some potential strategies in the future development of this therapy for EBV-related lymphoid and epithelial malignancies.

Indexed as

EBV-associated gastric carcinomaendemic Burkitt lymphomaEpstein–Barr virusHodgkin lymphomalytic induction therapynasopharyngeal carcinomaT-/NK-/B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Identifiers

PMID32748879
PMCPMC7465660

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