Molecular Investigation of Human Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus in Glioblastoma Brain Tumor : A Case-Control Study in Iran

Background: Glioblastoma multiforme is the most invasive and lethal form of brain cancer with unclear etiology. Our study aimed to investigate the molecular prevalence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 42 FFPE brain tumor samples from GBM patients and 42 brain autopsies from subjects without neurological disorders. The presence of EBV and HCMV DNA was determined, using PCR and nested-PCR assays, respectively.

Results: HCMV DNA was detected in 3 out of 42 (7.1%) of GBM samples and was absent from the control group (p = 0.07). Importantly, EBV DNA was detected in 9 out of 42 (21.4%) brain tissue specimens of GBM subjects, but again in none of the control group (p = 0.001).

Conclusion: Our findings indicate that infection with EBV is associated with GBM.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Iranian biomedical journal - 25(2021), 6 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 426-33

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ghaffari, Hadi [VerfasserIn]
Tavakoli, Ahmad [VerfasserIn]
Faranoush, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Naderi, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Kiani, Seyed Jalal [VerfasserIn]
Sadeghipour, Alireza [VerfasserIn]
Javanmard, Davod [VerfasserIn]
Farahmand, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Ghorbani, Saied [VerfasserIn]
Sedaghati, Farnoush [VerfasserIn]
Monavari, Seyed Hamidreza [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brain tumor
Epstein-Barr virus
Glioblastoma
Human cytomegalovirus
Journal Article

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Date Completed 04.02.2022

Date Revised 04.02.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.52547/ibj.25.6.426

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332366561