Mohamed Ali Maroui, Grace Akinyi Odongo, Lucia Mundo, Francesca Manara, Fabrice Mure, Floriane Fusil, Antonin Jay, Tarik Gheit, Thanos M Michailidis, Domenico Ferrara, Lorenzo Leoncini, Paul Murray, Evelyne Manet, Théophile Ohlmann, Marthe De Boevre, Sarah De Saeger, François-Loïc Cosset, Stefano Lazzi, Rosita Accardi, Zdenko Herceg, Henri Gruffat, Rita Khoueiry
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infects more than 90% of the adult population worldwide. EBV infection is associated with Burkitt lymphoma (BL) though alone is not sufficient to induce carcinogenesis implying the involvement of co-factors. BL is endemic in African regions faced with mycotoxins exposure. Exposure to mycotoxins and oncogenic viruses has been shown to increase cancer risks partly through the deregulation of the immune response. A recent transcriptome profiling of B cells exposed to aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) revealed an upregulation of the Chemokine ligand 22 (CCL22) expression although the underlying mechanisms were not investigated...
April 16, 2024: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America