Bangham Charles R M, Ratner Lee
Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London W2 1PG, UK.
Medical Oncology Section, Hematology-Oncology Faculty, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, WA, USA.
Curr Opin Virol. 2015 Oct;14:93-100. doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2015.09.004. Epub 2015 Sep 27.
A typical person infected with the retrovirus human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) carries tens of thousands of clones of HTLV-1-infected T lymphocytes, each clone distinguished by a unique integration site of the provirus in the host genome. However, only 5% of infected people develop the malignant disease adult T cell leukaemia/lymphoma, usually more than 50 years after becoming infected. We review the host and viral factors that cause this aggressive disease.
感染逆转录病毒1型人类嗜T淋巴细胞病毒(HTLV-1)的典型患者携带数以万计的HTLV-1感染的T淋巴细胞克隆,每个克隆由前病毒在宿主基因组中的独特整合位点区分。然而,只有5%的感染者会发展为恶性疾病成人T细胞白血病/淋巴瘤,通常是在感染后50多年。我们综述了导致这种侵袭性疾病的宿主和病毒因素。