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SUBMITTER: Ajiro M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4185361 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ajiro Masahiko M Zheng Zhi-Ming ZM
Emerging microbes & infections 20140903 9
Approximately 10.8% of human cancers are associated with infection by an oncogenic virus. These viruses include human papillomavirus (HPV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), human T-cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1), Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV). These oncogenic viruses, with the exception of HCV, require the host RNA splicing machinery in order to exercise their oncogenic activities, a strategy that allo ...[more]