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Endogenous retrovirus-K and nervous system diseases.
Current neurology and neuroscience reports - 1 Oct 2014
Manghera Mamneet, Ferguson Jennifer, Douville Renée
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A new appreciation of the microbiome is changing the way we perceive human health and disease. The holobiontic nature of humans is even etched into our DNA in the form of viral symbionts. Empirical evidence for the presence of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in the human genome and their activity in homeostatic and pathologic states has accumulated; however, no causal relationship with human disease has been...
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