by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found further evidence for how the Epstein-Barr virus can trigger multiple sclerosis or drive disease progression. A new study published in Science Advances shows that some individuals have antibodies against the virus that mistakenly attack a protein in the brain and spinal cord. The Epstein-Barr...
By Rich Haridy October 02, 2022 Coxsackievirus (above) is one type of the enterovirus genus associated with the development of type 1 diabetes Depositphotos A new systematic review has presented strong evidence the development of type 1 diabetes is linked to infection by enterovirus, a large group of common viruses. The findings build on a...
by University of York Fig. 1: Schematic model of BKPyV hit-and-run carcinogenesis hypothesis. Immune-insufficiency leads to reactivation of latent BKPyV, sloughing of actively-infected renal “decoy” cells and BKPyV viruria. BKPyV infects the G0-arrested urothelium but remains episomal. In infected urothelial cells, BKPyV LT-Ag inhibits host retinoblastoma (pRb) and disables p53, releasing urothelial cells from G0...
