Oral Microbiota Alteration and Roles in Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Ying Liao, Jiangbo Zhang, Lixia Lu, Yijing Jia, Mei‐Qi Zheng, Justine W. Debelius, Yong‐Qiao He, Tong‐Min Wang, Changmi Deng, Xia‐Ting Tong, Wen‐Qiong Xue, Lianjing Cao, Ziyi Wu, Da-Wei Yang, Xiao‐Hui Zheng, Xi‐Zhao Li, Yanxia Wu, Lin Feng, Weimin Ye, Jianbing Mu, Wei‐Hua Jia
Abstract
in patients' oral cavities, which strengthened the evidence of bacteria-virus-host interaction in physiological circumstances. The effects of imbalanced microbiota on the EBV latent-to-lytic switch in the oral cavity might create the likelihood of EBV infection in epithelial cells at the nasopharynx and help malignant transition and cancer development.
Topics & Concepts
Nasopharyngeal carcinomaLytic cycleBiologyVirusEpstein–Barr virusMicrobiologyCarcinogenesisImmune systemVirologyImmunologyGeneMedicineGeneticsInternal medicineRadiation therapyViral-associated cancers and disordersSalivary Gland Disorders and FunctionsHead and Neck Cancer Studies