Short nucleotide sequences in herpesviral genomes identical to the human DNA

We also suggested that a high hits concentration we found in the gene RL1 (ICP34.5) of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) can make this gene a likely target for putative cellular endogenous siRNA. Artificial blockade of the gene RL1 attaches oncolytic properties to HSV1, and we do not exclude the possibility that part of the HSV1 population in humans with blocked RL1 in vivo, may participate in early anti-cancer protection during the reactivation of the virus from the latent state.