Guest guest Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2010 Apr 7.[Epub ahead of print] Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Prostate Cancer. _http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20425007_ (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20425007) Baraniuk JN. Georgetown University, Room 3004-F, 3rd Floor, PHC Building, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC, 20007-2197, USA, _baraniuj_ (baraniuj) Abstract Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) is a gamma retrovirus that has been associated with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and prostate cancer. The search for viral causes of these syndromes was reignited by the finding that RNase L activity was low in hereditary prostate cancer and some CFS patients. The six strains of XMRV that have been sequenced have greater than 99% identity, indicating a new human infection rather than laboratory contamination. DNA, RNA, and proteins from XMRV have been detected in 50% to 67% of CFS patients and in about 3.7% of healthy controls. XMRV infections could be transmitted to permissive cell lines from CFS plasma, suggesting the potential for communicable and blood-borne spread of the virus and potentially CFS. This troubling concept is currently under intense evaluation. The most important steps now are to independently confirm the initial findings; develop reliable assays of biomarkers; and to move on to investigations of XMRV pathophysiology and treatment in CFS, prostate cancer, and potentially other virus-related syndromes, if they exist. PMID: 20425007 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] ~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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