Epstein-Barr virus gene expression in human breast cancer: Protagonist or passenger?

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-119

  Xue, S A ^a,b   Lampert, I A ^c   Haldane, J S ^d   Bridger, J E ^d,e   Griffin, B E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; EBV gene expression; Invasive lymphocytes; Oestrogen receptor; p31 EBV DNA

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN BZLF1; PROTEIN EBNA1; PROTEIN P31; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BARF1 GENE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST MILK; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS ONCOGENE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0042845999     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601027     Document Type: Article

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