Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8751798 | Virus Research | 2018 | 27 Pages |
Abstract
As a member of the BamHI-A rightward transcripts family of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), RPMS1 expression has been confirmed in all EBV-associated tumors. However, few studies have investigated the single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of RPMS1, and only one SNP site (g155391a) has been reported to be associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma occurrence. The objective of this study was to investigate the polymorphism of RPMS1 in EBV-associated tumors (gastric carcinoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and lymphoma). In this research, nested-PCR was performed to analyze DNA sequences of 420 EBV-associated samples. Phylogenetic analysis revealed four RPMS1 genotypes (RPMS1-A, RPMS1-B, RPMS1-C, and RPMS1-D). A significant difference (pâ¯<â¯0.05) among northern and southern China samples was observed. Furthermore, there was a significant difference between EBV-associated tumors and healthy controls for RPMS1 (pâ¯<â¯0.05). These findings demonstrated that RPMS1 variation was not only tumor-specific but also geographically restricted in EBV-associated samples.
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Authors
Shuo Wu, Wen Liu, Hong Li, Zhenzhen Zhao, Yang Yang, Hua Xiao, Yingying Song, Bing Luo,