EBV+

Regie Lyn P Santos-Cortez1, Helen Z Gomez1, Christina L Elling1

  • 1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.

Genes
|October 26, 2024
PubMed
概括

研究人员确定了儿童阻断性睡眠呼吸障碍 (oSDB) 的潜在生物标志物. 桃体中APOBR基因的下调,与爱斯坦-巴尔病毒 (EBV) 和CPAP治疗有关,可能表明oSDB的严重程度.

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