Epstein-Barr virus infection in humans: From harmless to life endangering virus-lymphocyte interactions

Oncogene

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1297-1305

  Klein, E ^a   Kis, L L ^a   Klein, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

B CLL; Cytokines; EBV; Lymphomas; Mononucleosis

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DOWN REGULATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSFORMATION;

EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; VIRUS LATENCY;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; PRIMATES;

EID: 33847276039     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210240     Document Type: Review

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