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Rooney, Cliona M.; Smith, Colton A.; Heslop, Helen E.
Molecular medicine today (Regul. ed.), January 1997, 1997-Jan, 1997-01-00, 19970101, Volume: 3, Issue: 1Journal Article
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a latent herpesvirus that is associated with a number of tumors. EBV-infected cells show three patterns of latency ranging from type 1, where only one EBV-encoded antigen is expressed, to type 3, where all nine latent cycle proteins encoded by EBV are expressed. Malignancies exhibiting the type 3 latency pattern are highly immunogenic and occur only in immunocompromised patients. It has recently been shown that adoptive immunotherapy with EBV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes is an effective therapy for such tumors. Immunotherapy strategies and approaches to increase tumor immunogenicity are now being evaluated in tumors expressing type 2 latency.
