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Nuclear Factor kappa B is central to Marek's disease herpesvirus induced neoplastic transformation of CD30 expressing lymphocytes in-vivo.
BMC systems biology - 14 Sept 2012
Kumar Shyamesh, Kunec Dusan, Buza Joram J, Chiang Hsin-I, Zhou Huaijun, Subramaniam Sugalesini, Pendarvis Ken, Cheng Hans H, Burgess Shane C
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BACKGROUND: Marek's Disease (MD) is a hyperproliferative, lymphomatous, neoplastic disease of chickens caused by the oncogenic Gallid herpesvirus type 2 (GaHV-2; MDV). Like several human lymphomas the neoplastic MD lymphoma cells overexpress the CD30 antigen (CD30(hi)) and are in minority, while the non-neoplastic cells (CD30(lo)) form the majority of population. MD is a unique natural in-vivo model of human...
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