Human cytomegalovirus tegument protein pp65 is detected in all intra- and extra-axial brain tumours independent of the tumour type or grade.

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) has been indicated being a significant oncomodulator. Recent reports have suggested that an antiviral treatment alters the outcome of a glioblastoma. We analysed the performance of commercial HCMV-antibodies applying the immunohistochemical (IHC) methods on brain sample...

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Main Authors: Sylwia Libard, Svetlana N Popova, Rose-Marie Amini, Vesa Kärjä, Timo Pietiläinen, Kirsi M Hämäläinen, Christer Sundström, Göran Hesselager, Michael Bergqvist, Simon Ekman, Maria Zetterling, Anja Smits, Pelle Nilsson, Susan Pfeifer, Teresita Diaz de Ståhl, Gunilla Enblad, Fredrik Ponten, Irina Alafuzoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4182568?pdf=render