Epstein-Barr Virus
New Findings in Epstein-Barr Virus Described from Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Published in Respiratory Therapeutics Week, November 28th, 2011
2011 NOV 28 -- Investigators publish new data in the report "Modulation of lung inflammation by the Epstein-Barr virus protein Zta. 'Several studies have implicated gamma-herpesviruses, particularly Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), in the progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The data presented here examine the possible role that EBV plays in the potentiation of this disease by evaluating the pulmonary response to expression of the EBV lytic transactivator protein Zta," researchers in New Orleans, Louisiana report.
"Expression of Zta in the lungs of mice via adenovirus-mediated delivery (Adv-Zta) produced profibrogenic inflammation that appeared most...
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