While it generally causes immunosuppression through expression of an IL-10 receptor antagonist, this virus can paradoxically cause autoimmune disease through polyclonal B cell expansion.
While it generally causes immunosuppression through expression of an IL-10 receptor antagonist, this virus can paradoxically cause autoimmune disease through polyclonal B cell expansion. A cause of oral hairy leukoplakia and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, this herpesvirus may be better known as a cause of Burkitt lymphoma. Primarily infecting B cells, its spread most commonly occurs via body fluids, especially saliva. FTP, name this virus, the cause of infectious mononucleosis.
While it generally causes immunosuppression through expression of an IL-10 receptor antagonist, this virus can paradoxically cause autoimmune disease through polyclonal B cell expansion.
Epstein-Barr Virus or EBV