Human oropharyngeal lesions with a defective Epstein-Barr virus that disrupts viral latency.
Human oropharyngeal lesions with a defective Epstein-Barr virus that disrupts viral latency.
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人类口咽部病变带有缺陷的 Epstein-Barr 病毒,可破坏病毒潜伏期。
DOI:
10.1093/infdis/168.6.1349
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发表时间:
1993
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通讯作者:
Sixbey,JW
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作者:
Gan,YJ;Shirley,P;Zeng,Y;Sixbey,JW
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a human herpesvirus that is predominantly latent after infection, can be induced to replicate by deleted, rearranged EBV DNA from cultures of laboratory strain P3HR-1. Because mucosal surfaces are permissive ofEBV replication, 101 oral biopsies from 70 Chinese and 5 American patients were examined for natural counterparts to tissue culture defective virus (WZhet), using as marker the abnormal juxtaposition ofBamHI Wand Z EBV DNA restriction fragments. Of the 49 oral biopsies that contained EBV DNA, 12 (24%) had the rearranged WZ fragment by polymerase chain reaction analysis: 3 (42%) of7 EBV-positive epithelial dysplasias or carcinomas, 6 (38%) of 16 hairy leukoplakias, and 3 (12%) of 25 nonmalignant salivary gland biopsies. Accompanying viral replication was confirmed by in situ cytohybridization and demonstration of the linear configuration of the genome in select WZhetpositive lesions. These findings indicate that defectiveEBV with the unusual property of disrupting EBV latency is prevalent in natural infections and may contribute to EBV's pathogenic diversity.