Viral, genetic, and immune factors in the oncogenesis of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

J Yasunaga - International Journal of Hematology, 2023 - Springer
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a malignancy of mature CD4+ T cells induced by
human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1). HTLV-1 maintains life-long infection in the …

HTLV1 persistent infection and ATLL oncogenesis

X Zuo, R Zhou, S Yang, G Ma - Journal of Medical Virology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human Tcell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV1) was discovered in the 1980s, but it is
estimated to have been infecting humans for more than ten thousand years. 1 With over 90 …

HTLV-1 intragenic viral enhancer influences immortalization phenotype in vitro, but is dispensable for persistence and disease development in animal models

V Maksimova, S Smith, J Seth, C Phelps… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the causative infectious agent of adult T-cell
leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) and chronic neurological disease. The disparity between …

Novel perspectives on antisense transcription in HIV-1, HTLV-1, and HTLV-2

E Lin, AR Panfil, G Sandel, P Jain - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The genome of retroviruses contains two promoter elements (called long terminal repeat or
LTR) at the 5′ and 3′ end of their genome. Although the expression of retroviral genes …

HTLV-1 persistence and leukemogenesis: a game of hide-and-seek with the host immune system

BJY Tan, K Sugata, M Ono, Y Satou - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), a retrovirus which mainly infects CD4+ T cells
and causes adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL), is primarily transmitted via direct cell-to …

HTLV-1 Hbz protein, but not hbz mRNA secondary structure, is critical for viral persistence and disease development

V Maksimova, T Wilkie, S Smith, C Phelps… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the etiologic cause of adult T-cell
leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) and encodes a viral oncoprotein (Hbz) that is consistently …

The pleiotropic effects of YBX1 on HTLV-1 transcription

S Smith, J Seth, A Midkiff, R Stahl, YC Syu… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
HTLV-1 is an oncogenic human retrovirus and the etiologic agent of the highly aggressive
ATL malignancy. Two viral genes, Tax and Hbz, are individually linked to oncogenic …

Alternative RNA splicing in cancer: what about adult T-cell leukemia?

J Tram, JM Mesnard, JM Peloponese Jr - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Eukaryotic cells employ a broad range of mechanisms to regulate gene expression. Among
others, mRNA alternative splicing is a key process. It consists of introns removal from an …

The impact of HTLV-1 expression on the 3D structure and expression of host chromatin

H Yaguchi, A Melamed, S Ramanayake, H Kiik… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
A typical HTLV-1-infected individual carries> 104 different HTLV-1-infected T cell clones,
each with a single-copy provirus integrated in a unique genomic site. We previously showed …

ITPRIPL1 binds CD3ε to impede T cell activation and enable tumor immune evasion

S Deng, Y Zhang, H Wang, W Liang, L Xie, N Li… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Cancer immunotherapy has transformed treatment possibilities, but its effectiveness differs
significantly among patients, indicating the presence of alternative pathways for immune …