EBV-associated diseases: Current therapeutics and emerging technologies

S Chakravorty, B Afzali, M Kazemian - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
EBV is a prevalent virus, infecting> 90% of the world's population. This is an oncogenic virus
that causes~ 200,000 cancer-related deaths annually. It is, in addition, a significant …

How EBV infects: the tropism and underlying molecular mechanism for viral infection

GL Bu, C Xie, YF Kang, MS Zeng, C Sun - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is associated with a variety of human malignancies, including
Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and gastric cancers …

[HTML][HTML] Epstein-Barr virus evades restrictive host chromatin closure by subverting B cell activation and germinal center regulatory loci

ED SoRelle, NM Reinoso-Vizcaino, J Dai, AP Barry… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Chromatin accessibility fundamentally governs gene expression and biological response
programs that can be manipulated by pathogens. Here we capture dynamic chromatin …

[HTML][HTML] Epstein–Barr virus and genetic risk variants as determinants of T-bet+ B cell-driven autoimmune diseases

L Bogers, KL Kuiper, J Smolders, J Rip, MM van Luijn - Immunology letters, 2023 - Elsevier
B cells expressing the transcription factor T-bet are found to have a protective role in viral
infections, but are also considered major players in the onset of different types of …

Epstein-Barr virus perpetuates B cell germinal center dynamics and generation of autoimmune-associated phenotypes in vitro

ED SoRelle, NM Reinoso-Vizcaino, GQ Horn… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human B cells encompass functionally diverse lineages and phenotypic states that
contribute to protective as well as pathogenic responses. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) provides …

Epstein–Barr virus infection, B‐cell dysfunction and other risk factors converge in gut‐associated lymphoid tissue to drive the immunopathogenesis of multiple …

J Leffler, S Trend, PH Hart… - Clinical & Translational …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis is associated with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection, B‐cell dysfunction,
gut dysbiosis, and environmental and genetic risk factors, including female sex. A disease …

A single-cell compendium of human cerebrospinal fluid identifies disease-associated immune cell populations

C Cantoni, RA Smirnov, M Firulyova, PS Andhey… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2025 - jci.org
Single-cell transcriptomics applied to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for elucidating the
pathophysiology of neurologic diseases has produced only a preliminary characterization of …

Epstein-Barr virus reactivation induces divergent abortive, reprogrammed, and host shutoff states by lytic progression

ED SoRelle, LE Haynes, KA Willard, B Chang… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Viral infection leads to heterogeneous cellular outcomes ranging from refractory to abortive
and fully productive states. Single cell transcriptomics enables a high resolution view of …

Multiple sclerosis patient-derived spontaneous B cells have distinct EBV and host gene expression profiles in active disease

SS Soldan, C Su, MC Monaco, L Yoon, T Kannan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is an aetiologic risk factor for the development of multiple sclerosis
(MS). However, the role of EBV-infected B cells in the immunopathology of MS is not well …

BCR signaling is required for posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease in immunodeficient mice receiving human B cells

T Zhang, RYH Cheng, AR Ott, NP Dahl… - Science Translational …, 2024 - science.org
Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is a major therapeutic challenge that has
been difficult to study using human cells because of a lack of suitable models for …