About 8% of our genome is composed of sequences with viral origin, namely human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs). HERVs are relics of ancient infections that affected the …
The placenta is the extraembryonic organ that supports the fetus during intrauterine life. Although placental dysfunction results in major disorders of pregnancy with immediate and …
STUDY QUESTION Does the immune response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection or the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine involve the ovarian follicle, and does it affect its …
C Lavialle, G Cornelis, A Dupressoir… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The development of the emerging field of 'paleovirology'allows biologists to reconstruct the evolutionary history of fossil endogenous retroviral sequences integrated within the genome …
Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are relics of ancient infections accounting for about the 8% of our genome. Despite their persistence in human DNA led to the …
Viruses have evolved to enter cells from all three domains of life—Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryotes. Of more than 3,600 known viruses, hundreds can infect human cells and most of …
A Dupressoir, C Lavialle, T Heidmann - Placenta, 2012 - Elsevier
During their replication, infectious retroviruses insert a reverse-transcribed cDNA copy of their genome, a “provirus”, into the genome of their host. If the infected cell belongs to the …
M Tokuyama, Y Kong, E Song… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are integrated retroviral elements that make up 8% of the human genome. However, the impact of ERVs on human health and disease is not well …
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