Not all viruses cause disease: HERV-K(HML-2) in healthy human tissues.
Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) make up a significant part of our genome. While their expression is frequently associated with disease, a new study in PLOS Biology found that HERV-K(HML-2) is expressed in more than 50 healthy tissues.
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| author | Smitha Srinivasachar Badarinarayan Daniel Sauter |
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| description | Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) make up a significant part of our genome. While their expression is frequently associated with disease, a new study in PLOS Biology found that HERV-K(HML-2) is expressed in more than 50 healthy tissues. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07d718b3b6614c1cb5532dac2263ad2c2024-02-24T05:31:08ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852022-10-012010e300188410.1371/journal.pbio.3001884Not all viruses cause disease: HERV-K(HML-2) in healthy human tissues.Smitha Srinivasachar BadarinarayanDaniel SauterHuman endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) make up a significant part of our genome. While their expression is frequently associated with disease, a new study in PLOS Biology found that HERV-K(HML-2) is expressed in more than 50 healthy tissues.https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001884&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Smitha Srinivasachar Badarinarayan Daniel Sauter Not all viruses cause disease: HERV-K(HML-2) in healthy human tissues. PLoS Biology |
| title | Not all viruses cause disease: HERV-K(HML-2) in healthy human tissues. |
| title_full | Not all viruses cause disease: HERV-K(HML-2) in healthy human tissues. |
| title_fullStr | Not all viruses cause disease: HERV-K(HML-2) in healthy human tissues. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Not all viruses cause disease: HERV-K(HML-2) in healthy human tissues. |
| title_short | Not all viruses cause disease: HERV-K(HML-2) in healthy human tissues. |
| title_sort | not all viruses cause disease herv k hml 2 in healthy human tissues |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001884&type=printable |
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