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TWiN 39: Virus-like capsids trigger paraneoplastic disease

  • April 26, 2023
  • Tagged as: autoantibodies, brain, neurobiology, neurology, neuroscience, paraneoplastic disease, PNMA2, transposable element, tumor

Junjie from Jason’s lab joins TWiN to discuss the observation that the cell gene PNMA2 encodes non-enveloped virus-like capsids that induce autoantibodies which underlie paraneoplastic syndrome.

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