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Recent advances on the possible neuroprotective activities of Epstein-Barr virus oncogene BARF1 protein in chronic inflammatory disorders of central nervous system

Wynne, Alicia, Kanwar, Rupinder K., Khanna, Rajiv and Kanwar, Jagat R. 2010, Recent advances on the possible neuroprotective activities of Epstein-Barr virus oncogene BARF1 protein in chronic inflammatory disorders of central nervous system, Current neuropharmacology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 268-275.

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Title Recent advances on the possible neuroprotective activities of Epstein-Barr virus oncogene BARF1 protein in chronic inflammatory disorders of central nervous system
Author(s) Wynne, Alicia
Kanwar, Rupinder K.
Khanna, Rajiv
Kanwar, Jagat R.
Journal name Current neuropharmacology
Volume number 8
Issue number 3
Start page 268
End page 275
Total pages 8
Publisher Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Place of publication Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Publication date 2010-09
ISSN 1570-159X
Keyword(s) Epstein-Barr Virus
neuroregeneration
chronic inflammatory disorders
multiple sclerosis
Summary Multiple sclerosis and neurodegenerative diseases in which cells of the central nervous system (CNS) are lost or damaged are rapidly increasing in frequency, and there is neither effective treatment nor cure to impede or arrest their destructive course. The Epstein-Barr virus is a human gamma-herpesvirus that infects more than 90% of the human population worldwide and persisting for the lifetime of the host. It is associated with numerous epithelial cancers, principally undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma and gastric carcinoma. Individuals with a history of symptomatic primary EBV infection, called infectious mononucleosis, carry a moderately higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). It is not known how EBV infection potentially promotes autoimmunity and central nervous system (CNS) tissue damage in MS. Recently it has been found that EBV isolates from different geographic regions have highly conserved BARF1 epitopes. BARF1 protein has the neuroprotective and mitogenic activity, thus may be useful to combat and overcome neurodegenerative disease. BARF1 protein therapy can potentially be used to enhance the neuroprotective activities by combinational treatment with anti-inflammatory antagonists and neuroprotectors in neural disorders.
Language eng
Field of Research 060199 Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
ERA Research output type C Journal article
HERDC collection year 2010
Copyright notice ©2010, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30031522

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: Centre for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (BioDeakin)
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