生殖中心细胞因子驱动的表观遗传控制爱斯坦-巴尔病毒潜伏基因表达

Yifei Liao1,2,3, Jinjie Yan1,2,3,4, Nina R Beri1,2,3

  • 1Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

PLoS pathogens
|April 29, 2024
PubMed
概括

爱斯坦-巴尔病毒 (EBV) 使用STAT信号来控制B细胞中的延迟程序. 在生殖中心的细胞因子重新编程EBV表观遗传学,影响淋巴瘤的发展.

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