Journal of Clinical Immunology
Preferential Retention of the LMP-1 Promoter at EBV Integration Sites in Lymphomas: Evidence from Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia and Controls
Abstract Purpose Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia (CHH), a rare ribosomopathy characterized by immune deficiency, carries a markedly increased risk of early-onset malignancy, particularly lymphoma. However, the molecular drivers of malignant transformation in CHH, and the contribution of viruses to this process, remain poorly defined. Methods We performed targeted virome sequencing of 41 DNA viruses on FFPE tumor samples (primarily lymphomas) from 15 CHH patients and three malignancy-matched controls per patient. Subseque …