La activación de los genes latentes del virus de Epstein-Barr protege las células B humanas de la muerte por

C D Gregory1, C Dive, S Henderson

  • 1Department of Immunology, University of Birmingham Medical School, UK.

Nature
|February 14, 1991
PubMed
Resumen

El virus de Epstein-Barr (EBV) protege las células B humanas de la apoptosis, lo que permite la persistencia del virus. Las proteínas latentes del EBV median una mayor supervivencia de las células B, crucial para la infección a largo plazo.

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