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Genetic markers of immunoglobulin G and immunity to cytomegalovirus in patients with breast cancer.
Cellular immunology - 1 Feb 2017
Pandey Janardan P, Namboodiri Aryan M, Mohan Sarumathi, Nietert Paul J, Peterson Lindsay
Abstract excerpt
Human cytomegalovirus (CMV), a ubiquitous herpesvirus, has been implicated in the etiology of breast cancer. It is clear that not all people exposed to CMV are equally likely to develop this malignancy, implying the presence of host genetic factors that might modulate the cancer-spurring properties of the virus. CMV has evolved sophisticated strategies for evading host immunosurveillance. One strategy involves...
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