Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35275790›Full record

ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022

Epstein-Barr virus latency programs dynamically sensitize B cells to ferroptosis.

Eric M Burton, Jewel Voyer, Benjamin E Gewurz

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Recent progress in understanding ferroptosis mechanisms in infectious diseases.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  15. EBV INFECTION OUTCOMES DETERMINED BY MONOCYTE AND TbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  18. Emerging Roles of Ferroptosis in Skin Pathophysiology.The Journal of investigative dermatology · 2025
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  19. Arginine Metabolism SupportsbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eric M BurtonDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0002-2432-2288
Jewel VoyerDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0001-9267-8756
Benjamin E GewurzDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USBroad Institute · US

Funding

MOLECULAR BASIS OF VIRAL INFECTIVITYT32AI007245 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Aaron Gregory Schmidt · 1985 to 2026
$11.3M
Epstein-Barr virus LMP1 mediated oncogenicityR01CA228700 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Benjamin Elison Gewurz · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
Regulation of the Epstein-Barr Virus Lytic SwitchR01AI164709 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Benjamin Elison Gewurz · 2021 to 2026
$3.1M
Metabolic Network Remodeling in Epstein-Barr Virus LymphomagenesisR01AI137337 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GEWURZ, BENJAMIN ELISON · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
MARC U*STAR Training Program at the University of Rhode Island - Administrative SupplementT34GM131948 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI HOWLETT, NIALL GEORGE · 2019 to 2023
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA228700NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137337NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI164709NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007245NIGMS NIH HHS T34 GM131948
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SignificanceEpstein-Barr virus (EBV) contributes to Burkitt lymphoma and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD). EBV-transforming programs activate lipid metabolism to convert B cells into immortalized lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCL), a PTLD model. We found that stages of EBV transformation generate lipid reactive oxygen species (ROS) byproducts to varying degrees, and that a Burkitt-like phase of B cell outgrowth requires lipid ROS detoxification by glutathione peroxidase 4 and its cofactor glutathione. Perturbation of this redox defense in early stages of transformation or in Burkitt cells triggered ferroptosis, a programmed cell death pathway. LCLs were less dependent on this defense, a distinction tied to EBV latency programs. This highlights ferroptosis induction as a potential therapeutic approach for prevention or treatment of certain EBV+ lymphomas.

Indexed as

B-LymphocytesBurkitt LymphomaCell Transformation, ViralFerroptosisHerpesvirus 4, HumanVirus LatencyHumansLipid MetabolismLymphocyte ActivationReactive Oxygen SpeciesReactive Oxygen SpeciesB lymphocyteferroptosislipid metabolismoxidative stresstumor virus

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PMID35275790
PMCPMC8931387
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