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Going viral? Linking the etiology of human prostate cancer to the PCA3 long noncoding RNA and oncogenic viruses

Authors :
Andre A Teixeira
Serena Marchiò
Emmanuel Dias‐Neto
Diana N Nunes
Israel T da Silva
Bryce Chackerian
Marc Barry
Richard C Lauer
Ricardo J Giordano
Richard L Sidman
Cosette M Wheeler
Webster K Cavenee
Renata Pasqualini
Wadih Arap
Source :
EMBO Molecular Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 10, Pp 1327-1330 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Springer Nature, 2017.

Abstract

Graphical Abstract The hypothesis is discussed that prostate cancer marker lncRNA PCA3 was introduced into the human genome by an oncogenic virus, and that viral infection‐related mechanisms might underlie its overexpression and prostate cancer initiation and/or progression.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20170807, 17574676, and 17574684
Volume :
9
Issue :
10
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
EMBO Molecular Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.8d221eac6f144f378b13373e38c5f65b
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201708072