Hypomethylation and over-expression of the beta isoform of BLIMP1 is induced by epstein-barr virus infection of B cells; potential implications for the pathogenesis of EBV-associated lymphomas

Pathogens

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-101

  Vrzalikova, Katerina ^a,b   Leonard, Sarah ^a   Fan, Yichao ^c   Bell, Andrew ^a   Vockerodt, Martina ^a   Flodr, Patrik ^b   Wright, Kenneth L ^d   Rowe, Martin ^a   Tao, Qian ^c   Murray, Paul G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BLIMP1; Epstein barr virus; Hodgkin's lymphoma; Hypomethylation

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; ISOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOMA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYROSEQUENCING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REED STERNBERG CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84907288248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens1020083     Document Type: Article

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