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T-cell growth transformation by herpesvirus saimiri is independent of STAT3 activation.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2005
Heck Elke, Lengenfelder Doris, Schmidt Monika, Müller-Fleckenstein Ingrid, Fleckenstein Bernhard, Biesinger Brigitte, Ensser Armin
Abstract excerpt
Herpesvirus saimiri (saimirine herpesvirus 2) (HVS), a T-lymphotropic tumor virus, induces lymphoproliferative disease in several species of New World primates. In addition, strains of HVS subgroup C are able to transform T cells of Old World primates, including humans, to permanently growing T-cell lines. In concert with the Stp oncoprotein, the tyrosine kinase-interacting protein (Tip) of HVS C488 is required...
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