Epstein–Barr virus: more than 50 years old and still providing surprises

LS Young, LF Yap, PG Murray - Nature reviews cancer, 2016 - nature.com
It is more than 50 years since the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), the first human tumour virus, was
discovered. EBV has subsequently been found to be associated with a diverse range of …

Epstein–Barr virus: 40 years on

LS Young, AB Rickinson - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2004 - nature.com
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) was discovered 40 years ago from examining electron
micrographs of cells cultured from Burkitt's lymphoma, a childhood tumour that is common in …

[HTML][HTML] Epstein-Barr virus and nasopharyngeal carcinoma

LS Young, CW Dawson - Chinese journal of cancer, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since its discovery 50 years ago, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been linked to the
development of cancers originating from both lymphoid and epithelial cells. Approximately …

TSGene: a web resource for tumor suppressor genes

M Zhao, J Sun, Z Zhao - Nucleic acids research, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) are guardian genes that play important roles in controlling
cell proliferation processes such as cell-cycle checkpoints and inducing apoptosis …

Epstein-barr virus-positive gastric carcinoma demonstrates frequent aberrant methylation of multiple genes and constitutes CpG island methylator phenotype-positive …

GH Kang, S Lee, WH Kim, HW Lee, JC Kim… - The American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
CpG island methylation is an important mechanism for inactivating the genes involved in
tumorigenesis. Gastric carcinoma (GC) is one of the tumors that exhibits a high frequency of …

Genetic, epigenetic, and clinicopathologic features of gastric carcinomas with the CpG island methylator phenotype and an association with Epstein–Barr virus

M Kusano, M Toyota, H Suzuki, K Akino, F Aoki… - Cancer, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP), which is characterized by
simultaneous methylation of the CpG islands of multiple genes, has been recognized as one …

[HTML][HTML] Epstein–Barr virus and carcinogenesis: beyond Burkitt's lymphoma

KM Shah, LS Young - Clinical microbiology and infection, 2009 - Elsevier
Subsequent to its discovery over 45 years ago, Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) has been
associated with numerous human carcinomas. Approximately 95% of the world's population …

Promoter methylation status of E-cadherin, hMLH1, and p16 genes in nonneoplastic gastric epithelia

T Waki, G Tamura, T Tsuchiya, K Sato… - The American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Silencing of tumor suppressor and tumor-related genes by hypermethylation at promoter
CpG islands is one of the major events in human tumorigenesis. Promoter methylation is …

Epstein-Barr virus-positive gastric carcinoma has a distinct protein expression profile in comparison with Epstein-Barr virus-negative carcinoma

HS Lee, MS Chang, HK Yang, BL Lee, WH Kim - Clinical Cancer Research, 2004 - AACR
Purpose: EBV has been detected in 2–16% of gastric carcinomas. However, there is little
information available about the gene expression profile of EBV-positive gastric carcinomas …

Epstein-Barr virus infection is common in inflamed gastrointestinal mucosa

JL Ryan, YJ Shen, DR Morgan, LB Thorne… - Digestive diseases and …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background and Aims Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is present in the malignant
epithelial cells of 10% of all gastric adenocarcinomas; however, localization of the virus in …