Although abnormal syncytin-1 expression has been detected in two-thirds of leukemia blood samples, its expression profile in acute leukemia patients has not yet been analyzed.
AML has a dismal prognosis.It was previously shown that the expression of gene coding for the hyperfusogenic gibbon ape leukemia virus envelope glycoprotein (GALV.fus) can efficiently kill leukemic cells.
It was previously shown that glioma cells are efficiently killed when they express a gene coding for a hyperfusogenic mutant of the gibbon ape leukemia virus envelope glycoprotein (GALV.fus).
To identify the viral receptor(s) and to further study the biology of JSRV and ONAV, we developed retroviral vectors containing Moloney murine leukemia virus components and the Env proteins of JSRV or ONAV.
Human T-cell leukemia virus types I (HTLV-I) and II (HTLV-II) and bovine leukemia virus contain a region of approximately 600 nucleotides located 3' to the env gene and 5' to the last exon of the tax and rex regulatory genes.
Sequence analysis of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) Env genes amplified from central nervous system tissues of patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy or leukemia.