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SUBMITTER: Rowe M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2832755 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Microbes and infection 20100201 3
Persistent viruses have mechanisms for modulating the host immune responses that are essential for achieving a lifelong virus-host balance while minimizing the viral pathogenicity. Here we review some of the immune-modulating mechanisms evolved by the ubiquitous but potentially oncogenic Epstein-Barr virus, with particular emphasis on the molecular mechanisms of genes interfering with HLA class I antigen presentation. ...[more]