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High prevalence of the EBER variant EB-8m in endemic nasopharyngeal carcinomas.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Shen Zhi-chao, Luo Bing, Chen Jian-ning, Chao Yan, Shao Chun-kui, Liu Qian-qian, Wang Yun
Abstract excerpt
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded small RNAs (EBERs) are the most highly expressed transcripts in all EBV-associated tumors and are involved in both lymphoid and epithelioid carcinogenesis. Our previous study on Chinese isolates from non-endemic area of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) identified new EBER variants (EB-8m and EB-10m) which were less common but relatively more frequent in NPC cases than healthy...
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