Oncogenic viruses and breast cancer: mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV), bovine leukemia virus (BLV), human papilloma virus (HPV), and epstein–barr virus (EBV)

JS Lawson, B Salmons, WK Glenn - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background Although the risk factors for breast cancer are well established, namely female
gender, early menarche and late menopause plus the protective influence of early …

Prognostic correlations with the microbiome of breast cancer subtypes

S Banerjee, Z Wei, T Tian, D Bose, NNC Shih… - Cell death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Alterations to the natural microbiome are linked to different diseases, and the presence or
absence of specific microbes is directly related to disease outcomes. We performed a …

Recent advances in cancer plasticity: cellular mechanisms, surveillance strategies, and therapeutic optimization

GN Fanelli, AG Naccarato, C Scatena - Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The processes of recurrence and metastasis, through which cancer relapses locally or
spreads to distant sites in the body, accounts for more than 90% of cancer-related deaths. At …

Epstein-Barr virus, human papillomavirus and mouse mammary tumour virus as multiple viruses in breast cancer

WK Glenn, B Heng, W Delprado, B Iacopetta… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background The purpose of this investigation is to determine if Epstein Barr virus (EBV),
high risk human papillomavirus (HPV), and mouse mammary tumour viruses (MMTV) co …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial mass, a new metabolic biomarker for stem-like cancer cells: Understanding WNT/FGF-driven anabolic signaling

R Lamb, G Bonuccelli, B Ozsvári, M Peiris-Pagès… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Here, we developed an isogenic cell model of “stemness” to facilitate protein biomarker
discovery in breast cancer. For this purpose, we used knowledge gained previously from the …

Catching viral breast cancer

JS Lawson, WK Glenn - Infectious agents and cancer, 2021 - Springer
We have considered viruses and their contribution to breast cancer. Mouse mammary
tumour virus The prevalence of mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV) is 15-fold higher in …

The viral origins of breast cancer

JS Lawson, WK Glenn - Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2024 - Springer
During the past two decades evidence has been developed that indicates a handful of
viruses with known oncogenic capacity, have potential roles in breast cancer. These viruses …

Mouse Mammary tumour virus (MMTV) in human breast cancer—The value of bradford hill criteria

JS Lawson, WK Glenn - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
For many decades, the betaretrovirus, mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV), has been a
causal suspect for human breast cancer. In recent years, substantial new evidence has been …

The viral origin of human breast cancer: From the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) to the human betaretrovirus (HBRV)

G Bevilacqua - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
A Human Betaretrovirus (HBRV) has been identified in humans, dating as far back as about
4500 years ago, with a high probability of it being acquired by our species around 10,000 …

Human mammary tumor virus, human papilloma virus, and Epstein-Barr virus infection are associated with sporadic breast cancer metastasis

M Al Hamad, I Matalka, MS Al Zoubi… - … Cancer: Basic and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Viral cause of sporadic breast cancer (SBC) has been suggested based on the
experimental murine model of mammary tumor caused by mouse mammary tumor virus …