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Molecular profile of Epstein-Barr virus infection in HHV-8-positive primary effusion lymphoma.
Leukemia - 1 Feb 2000
Fassone L, Bhatia K, Gutierrez M, Capello D, Gloghini A, Dolcetti R, Vivenza D, Ascoli V, Lo Coco F, Pagani L, Dotti G, Rambaldi A, Raphael M, Tirelli U, Saglio G, Magrath I T, Carbone A, Gaidano G
Abstract excerpt
Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) selectively involves the serous body cavities, occurs predominantly in immunodeficient patients and is infected consistently by human herpesvirus type-8. PEL is also frequently infected by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The precise pathogenetic role of EBV coinfection in PEL is not fully understood. The lymphoma fails to express the EBV transforming proteins EBNA-2 and LMP-1, whereas it...
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