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Metabolic Reprogramming By Dna Tumour Viruses, Martin Prusinkiewicz
Metabolic Reprogramming By Dna Tumour Viruses, Martin Prusinkiewicz
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Viruses are the etiological agents of approximately 12% of human cancers. However, only a subset of viral infections eventually progress to cancer. As obligate intracellular parasites, viruses create a host-cell environment that is amenable to virus replication. These changes to host-cell processes during infection are enacted by virally-encoded proteins that act as molecular hubs. When these processes intersect with pathways that encourage the development of cancer, such as the p53 tumour suppressor pathway, these virally-encoded molecular hub proteins function as viral oncoproteins. One major requirement of both virus infected cells and rapidly growing cancer cells is an altered metabolism that …