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Oncogenic T‐antigen of JC virus is present frequently in human gastric cancers
22 Jun 2006
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BACKGROUND: JC virus (JCV) is a polyomavirus that commonly infects humans and is the causative agent of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in immune-compromised patients. An association between JCV and human cancers long has been suspected, because this virus induces brain tumors in several animal models. The oncogenic potential of JCV is mediated by a transforming protein, the T-antigen (T-Ag), which is...
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