Efficient Immortalization of Primary Nasopharyngeal Epithelial Cells for EBV Infection Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Yip, Yim Ling ^a   Pang, Pei Shin ^a   Deng, Wen ^a   Tsang, Chi Man ^a   Zeng, Musheng ^b   Hau, Pok Man ^a   Man, Cornelia ^a,c   Jin, Yuesheng ^d   Yuen, Anthony Po Wing ^e   Tsao, Sai Wah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Central Building   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN P16; TELOMERASE; BMI1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BMI 1 GENE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; P16 GENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; METABOLISM; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSFORMED CELL LINE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LATENCY;

CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL MUCOSA; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHARYNX; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 1; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 84886016074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078395     Document Type: Article

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