Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), or LTR retrotransposons, are a class of transposable
elements that are highly represented in mammalian genomes. Human ERVs (HERVs) make …

Cellular fusion eg between cancer cells and normal cells represents a stepwise process that
is tightly regulated. During a pre-hybrid preparation program somatic cells and/or cancer …

Approximately 8% of the human genome, over four times more than its protein-coding
regions, comprises sequences of viral origin that are known as human endogenous …

Fusion among different cell populations represents a rare process that is mediated by both
intrinsic and extracellular events. Cellular hybrid formation is relayed by orchestrating tightly …

Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are integrated into host DNA as the result of ancient germ
line infections, primarily by extinct exogenous retroviruses. Thus, vertebrates' genomes …

Abstract Background: Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) entered the germ line by
retroviral infection from a distant ancestor over 30 million years ago and constitute 8% of the …

Purpose The study aims to investigate first the presence of Syncytin 2 and its receptor,
MFSD2, in human sperm, and second whether the expressions of Syncytin 1, Syncytin 2 …

Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) have evolved from exogenous retroviruses and
account for approximately 8% of the human genome. A growing number of findings suggest …

Retroviral envelope (Env) proteins have long been recognized to exhibit
immunosuppressive properties, which affect the CD8+ T-cell response to an infection but …

Cancer cell fusion represents a rare event. However, the surviving cancer hybrid cells after a
post-hybrid selection process (PHSP) can overgrow other cancer cells by exhibiting a …