Project description:RATIONALE: The Epstein Barr virus can cause cancer and lymphoproliferative disorders. Ganciclovir is an antiviral drug that acts against the Epstein Barr virus. Arginine butyrate may make virus cells more sensitive to ganciclovir. Combining ganciclovir and arginine butyrate may kill more Epstein Barr virus cells and tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of arginine butyrate plus ganciclovir in treating patients who have cancer or lymphoproliferative disorders that are associated with the Epstein Barr virus.
Project description:ChIP peaks were identified in both the human and viral genomes (genome assembly GRCh37 (hg19) and Epstein-Barr virus, Human Herpesvirus 4; GenBank accession KF717093.1).
Project description:Epstein-Barr virus has been reported to regulate cellular microRNA expression in B cells. In the present study, we investigated the differential microRNAs modulated by Epstein-Barr virus in Naspharyngeal Carcinoma, using CapitalBio corporation's mammalian miRNA arrays. Three cellular models were used in this study: the human naspharyngeal carcinoma cell line TW03 as a blank control; TW03 transfected with Epstein-Barr virus encoded LMP1; TW03 transfected with Epstein-Barr virus encoded LMP2A
Project description:Epstein-Barr virus has been reported to regulate cellular microRNA expression in B cells. In the present study, we investigated the differential microRNAs modulated by Epstein-Barr virus in Naspharyngeal Carcinoma, using CapitalBio corporation's mammalian miRNA arrays.
Project description:How Krüppel-associated box-domain zinc finger protein (KRAB-ZFP) transcriptional repressors recruit TRIM28/KAP1 to recognizes target sequences or foreign genomes is unclear. Here, we used Epstein-Barr virus-infected cells in which a KRAB-ZFP, SZF1, silences lytic/replicative-phase genes of the virus to determine how the ZFP-footprints on cell and viral genomes to target pericentromeric regions. We observed that it uses non-consensus sites to target viral genes. This heterochromatin machinery employed by the host silences and regulate an invader without deregulating itself.
Project description:Epstein-Barr virus is associated with several human malignancies, including Burkitt Lymnphoma. The virus encodes more than 40 microRNAs, which participate in its possible pathogenetic role. We used microarrays to study the effect of the expression of an Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA (ebv-BART6-3p) on the global gene expression profile of Burkitt Lymphoma cell lines.
