Article ; Online: Evolving evidence implicates cytomegalovirus as a promoter of malignant glioma pathogenesis.
2011 Volume 2, Issue 1, Page(s) 10
Abstract: Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) was first reported to be strongly associated with human ... in glioma pathogenesis. In this review I discuss specific HCMV gene products that we and others have ... malignant gliomas in 2002. HCMV is a herpesvirus that causes congenital brain infection and multi-organ disease ...
| Abstract | Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) was first reported to be strongly associated with human malignant gliomas in 2002. HCMV is a herpesvirus that causes congenital brain infection and multi-organ disease in immumocompromised individuals. Malignant gliomas are the most common and aggressive adult brain tumors and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the highest grade glioma, is associated with a life expectancy of less than two years. HCMV gene products encode for multiple proteins that can promote the various signaling pathways critical to tumor growth, including those involved in mitogenesis, mutagenesis, apoptosis, inflammation, angiogenesis, invasion and immuno-evasion. Several groups have now demonstrated that human malignant gliomas are universally infected with HCMV and express gene products that can promote key signaling pathways in glioma pathogenesis. In this review I discuss specific HCMV gene products that we and others have recently found to be expressed in GBM in vivo, including the HCMV IE1, US28, gB and IL-10 proteins. The roles these HCMV gene products play in dysregulating key pathways in glioma biology, including the PDGFR, AKT, STAT3, and monocyte/microglia function are discussed. Finally, I review emerging human clinical trials for GBM based on anti-HCMV strategies. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2011-10-26 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2585477-X |
| ISSN | 2042-4280 ; 2042-4280 |
| ISSN (online) | 2042-4280 |
| ISSN | 2042-4280 |
| DOI | 10.1186/2042-4280-2-10 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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