Analysis and Significance of Anti-Latent Membrane Protein-1 Antibodies in the Sera of Patients with EBV-Associated Diseases

• Main Authors: Xu, Jingwu, Ahmad, Ali, D’Addario, Mario, Knafo, Laurent, Jones, James F., Prasad, Umapati, Dolcetti, R., Vaccher, E., Menezes, José
• Format: Article
• Published: American Association of Immunologists 2000
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25855/; https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.164.5.2815

Anti-latent membrane protein-1 (LMP-1) is an EBV-encoded type III integral membrane protein with oncogenic potential that is expressed most consistently in various EBV-associated malignancies. Unlike many other EBV proteins, LMP-1 Abs have rarely been demonstrated in EBV-associated disease condition...