Epstein-Barr virus in tumor-infiltrating B cells of myasthenia gravis thymoma: an innocent bystander or an autoimmunity mediator?

The thymus plays a key role in myasthenia gravis (MG), a B cell-mediated autoimmune disorder affecting neuromuscular junction. Most MG patients have thymic abnormalities, including hyperplasia and thymoma, a neoplasm of thymic epithelial cells. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with autoimmune...

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Autores principales: Cavalcante, Paola, Marcuzzo, Stefania, Franzi, Sara, Galbardi, Barbara, Maggi, Lorenzo, Motta, Teresio, Ghislandi, Raffaella, Buzzi, Antonella, Spinelli, Luisella, Novellino, Lorenzo, Baggi, Fulvio, Antozzi, Carlo, Conforti, Fabio, De Pas, Tommaso Martino, Barberis, Massimo, Bernasconi, Pia, Mantegazza, Renato
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals LLC 2017
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29221139
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.20731

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