Human polyomavirus BK (BKV) and neuroblastoma: Mechanisms of oncogenic action and possible strategy for novel treatment

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BACKGROUND: We reported previously that nearly all human neuroblastomas analyzed contain and express genomic DNA sequences deriving from the human polyomavirus BK (BKV) [Flaegstad et al.: Cancer Res 59:1160-1163, 1999]. PROCEDURE: Here we show that the BKV large T antigen is expressed and bound to p53 in neuroblastoma cells and that this interference compromises the tumor suppressor function of p53. RESULTS:...

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