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ReviewViruses2025

Non-Coding RNAs and Immune Evasion in Human Gamma-Herpesviruses.

Tablow S Media, Laura Cano-Aroca, Takanobu Tagawa

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Review in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics reveal mTOR-driven cellular fate of spindle cells and immune evasion in classic Kaposi's sarcoma.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Tablow S MediaThe Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology (IQB3), School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK.
Laura Cano-ArocaThe Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology (IQB3), School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK.
Takanobu TagawaThe Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology (IQB3), School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8637-2996

Funding

Wellcome Trust 227231/Z/23/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herpesviruses are DNA viruses that evade the immune response and persist as lifelong infections. Human gamma-herpesviruses Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) are oncogenic; they can lead to cancer. Oncogenic viruses are responsible for 10-15% of human cancer development, which can have poor prognoses. Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are RNAs that regulate gene expression without encoding proteins, and are being studied for their roles in viral immune evasion, infection, and oncogenesis. ncRNAs are classified by their size, and include long non-coding RNAs, microRNAs, and circular RNAs. EBV and KSHV manipulate host ncRNAs, and encode their own ncRNAs, regulating host processes and immune responses. Viral ncRNAs regulate host functions by post-transcriptionally modifying host RNAs, and by serving as mimics of other host RNAs, promoting immune evasion. ncRNAs in gamma-herpesvirus infection are also important for tumorigenesis, as dampening immune responses via ncRNAs can upregulate pro-tumorigenic pathways. Emerging topics such as RNA modifications, target-directed miRNA degradation, competing endogenous RNA networks, and lncRNA/circRNA-miRNA interactions provide new insights into ncRNA functions. This review compares ncRNAs and the mechanisms of viral immune evasion in EBV and KSHV, while also expanding on recent developments in the roles of ncRNAs in immune evasion, viral infection, and oncogenesis.

Indexed as

GammaherpesvirinaeHerpesviridae InfectionsHerpesvirus 4, HumanHerpesvirus 8, HumanImmune EvasionRNA, UntranslatedHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMicroRNAsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, ViralMicroRNAsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, UntranslatedRNA, ViralEpstein–Barr virusimmune evasionKaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirusnon-coding RNAoncogenesispost-transcriptional regulation

Identifiers

PMID40733622
PMCPMC12298795

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