Ancient Adversary – HERV-K (HML-2) in Cancer

Ancient Adversary – HERV-K (HML-2) in Cancer

Human endogenous retroviruses (HERV), ancient integrations of exogenous viruses, make up 8% of our genome. Long thought of as mere vestigial genetic elements, evidence is now accumulating to suggest a potential functional role in numerous pathologies including neurodegenerative diseases, autoimmune...

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Main Authors: Eoin Dervan, Dibyangana D. Bhattacharyya, Jake D. McAuliffe, Faizan H. Khan, Sharon A. Glynn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
HERV human endogenous retroviruses
cancer
metastasis
epigenetics
biomarker
transposable element (TE)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.658489/full

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