Is human cytomegalovirus a target in cancer therapy?

Oncotarget

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1329-1338

  Johnsen, John Inge ^a   Baryawno, Ninib ^a   Söderberg Nauclér, Cecilia ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Human cytomegalovirus

Indexed keywords

CANCER STEM CELL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; VIROLOGY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84863007733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.383     Document Type: Article

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