Epstein-Barr virus induces germinal center light zone chromatin architecture and promotes survival through enhancer looping at the BCL2A1 locus

J Dai, ED SoRelle, E Heckenberg, L Song, JM Cable… - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human virus that promotes B-cell activation and
maturation through expression of latency proteins and non-coding RNAs. In this study, we …

Epstein-Barr virus promotes survival through germinal center light zone chromatin architecture

J Dai, E Heckenberg, L Song, GE Crawford, MA Luftig - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
ABSTRACT BFL-1 is an understudied anti-apoptotic protein upregulated in cancer and
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-immortalized lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs). We have previously …

[PDF][PDF] Epstein-Barr virus evades restrictive host chromatin closure by subverting B cell activation and germinal center regulatory loci

ED SoRelle, NM Reinoso-Vizcaino, J Dai, AP Barry… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Chromatin accessibility fundamentally governs gene expression and biological response
programs that can be manipulated by pathogens. Here we capture dynamic chromatin …

[HTML][HTML] Epstein-Barr virus perpetuates B cell germinal center dynamics and generation of autoimmune-associated phenotypes in vitro

ED SoRelle, NM Reinoso-Vizcaino, GQ Horn… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human B cells encompass functionally diverse lineages and phenotypic states that
contribute to protective as well as pathogenic responses. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) provides …

A Polymorphism in the Epstein-Barr Virus EBER2 Noncoding RNA Drives In Vivo Expansion of Latently Infected B Cells

Y Wang, N Ungerleider, BA Hoffman, M Kara, PJ Farrell… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The oncogenic gammaherpesviruses, including human Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), and murine gammaherpesvirus 68 …

Epstein–Barr virus reprograms human B lymphocytes immediately in the prelatent phase of infection

P Mrozek-Gorska, A Buschle, D Pich… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is a human tumor virus and a model of herpesviral latency. The
virus efficiently infects resting human B lymphocytes and induces their continuous …

Chromatin reorganisation in Epstein-Barr virus-infected cells and its role in cancer development

MJ West - Current opinion in virology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Key EBV transcription factors hijack host cell factors to reprogramme B cells.•This
is mostly directed through binding to host gene enhancers and super-enhancers.•Binding …

Epigenetic crossroads of the Epstein-Barr virus B-cell relationship

TC Frost, BE Gewurz - Current opinion in virology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•EBNA2 and TET2-mediated DNA demethylation promotes latency III in B
cells.•EBNA3A/3C and polycomb prevent plasmablast differentiation driven by …

[PDF][PDF] A temporal proteomic map of Epstein-Barr virus lytic replication in B cells

I Ersing, L Nobre, LW Wang, L Soday, Y Ma, JA Paulo… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) replication contributes to multiple human diseases, including
infectious mononucleosis, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, B cell lymphomas, and oral hairy …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic Mechanisms in Latent Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Associated Cancers

AS Torne, ES Robertson - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) was first isolated in 1964 and has since become
an important human tumor virus. With an estimated 90% of the human population infected …