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- Title
Cell-to-cell fusion as a link between viruses and cancer.
- Authors
Duelli, Dominik; Lazebnik, Yuri
- Abstract
The ability to fuse cells is shared by many viruses, including common human pathogens and several endogenous viruses. Here we will discuss how cell fusion can link viruses to cancer, what types of cancers it can affect, how the existence of this link can be tested and how the hypotheses that we propose might affect the search for human oncogenic viruses. In particular, we will focus on the ability of cell fusion that is caused by viruses to induce chromosomal instability, a common affliction of cancer cells that has been thought to underlie the malignant properties of cancerous tumours.
- Subjects
CELL fusion; VIRUSES; CANCER; CYTOGENETICS; CELL cycle; CELL physiology; CELLS; CHROMOSOME abnormalities; ONCOGENIC viruses; TUMORS
- Publication
Nature Reviews Cancer, 2007, Vol 7, Issue 12, p968
- ISSN
1474-175X
- Publication type
research
- DOI
10.1038/nrc2272