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ReviewCancers2024

Epigenetic Mechanisms in Latent Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Associated Cancers.

Atharva S Torne, Erle S Robertson

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Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Atharva S TorneTumor Virology Program, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-1692-8913
Erle S RobertsonTumor Virology Program, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6088-2979
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAN CTR SUPPORT GRANTP30CA016520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Robert H. Vonderheide · 1985 to 2026
$222.3M
Virus, Vector and Cell Culture CoreP01CA281867 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ERLE S. ROBERTSON · 2023 to 2026
$9.1M
Tumor suppressor reprogramming by EBV through post-translational modificationR01CA268998 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ROBERTSON, ERLE S. · 2022 to 2025
$2.6M
Epigenetic Regulation of KSHV Genome ReplicationR01CA244074 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ROBERTSON, ERLE S. · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA281867NCI NIH HHS P01-CA281867NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016520NCI NIH HHS P30-CA016520NCI NIH HHS R01 CA244074NCI NIH HHS R01-CA244074NCI NIH HHS R01 CA268998NCI NIH HHS R01-CA268998-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is a double-stranded DNA-based human tumor virus that was first isolated in 1964 from lymphoma biopsies. Since its initial discovery, EBV has been identified as a major contributor to numerous cancers and chronic autoimmune disorders. The virus is particularly efficient at infecting B-cells but can also infect epithelial cells, utilizing an array of epigenetic strategies to establish long-term latent infection. The association with histone modifications, alteration of DNA methylation patterns in host and viral genomes, and microRNA targeting of host cell factors are core epigenetic strategies that drive interactions between host and virus, which are necessary for viral persistence and progression of EBV-associated diseases. Therefore, understanding epigenetic regulation and its role in post-entry viral dynamics is an elusive area of EBV research. Here, we present current outlooks of EBV epigenetic regulation as it pertains to viral interactions with its host during latent infection and its propensity to induce tumorigenesis. We review the important epigenetic regulators of EBV latency and explore how the strategies involved during latent infection drive differential epigenetic profiles and host-virus interactions in EBV-associated cancers.

Indexed as

EBV-associated cancersEpstein–Barr virushost virus interactionsmicroRNAstumor virusesviral epigenetics

Identifiers

PMID38473352
PMCPMC10931536
OpenAlexW4392285150

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