Low prevalence of Merkel cell polyomavirus in human epithelial thymic tumors

Low prevalence of Merkel cell polyomavirus in human epithelial thymic tumors

Background The etiology of thymic epithelial tumors is unknown. Murine polyomavirus strain PTA has been shown to induce thymomas in mice. Recently, using diverse molecular techniques, we reported the presence of human polyomavirus 7 (HPyV7) in thymic epithelial tumors. In the present study, we inves...

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Main Authors: Emil Chteinberg, Faisal Klufah, Dorit Rennspiess, Mick F. Mannheims, Myrurgia A. Abdul‐Hamid, Mario Losen, Marlies Keijzers, Marc H. De Baets, Anna Kordelia Kurz, Axel zur Hausen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-03-01
Series:Thoracic Cancer
Subjects:
Fluorescence in situ hybridization
immunohistochemistry
Merkel cell polyomavirus
thymoma
tumorigenesis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.12953

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https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.12953

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