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Cohesive Journal of Microbiology & Infectious Disease

Zoonotic Viruses as a Risk Factor for Tumor Growth Initiation

  • Open or CloseAndrei Alimov*

    Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Russia

    *Corresponding author:Andrei Alimov, Research Centre for Medical Genetics, 115478 Moscow, Moskvorechie str, 1, Russian Federation, Russia

Submission: June 25, 2019; Published: July 02, 2019

DOI: 10.31031/CJMI.2019.02.000548

ISSN: 2578-0190
Volume2 Issue5

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Numerous studies in the field of cancer biology prove that the development of any tumor goes through the stages of initiation, promotion and progression. The first genomedestabilizing event directs cells to the pathway of mutation accumulation, which ultimately leads to tumor development. Over the past decade, a large number of genome destabilizing factors were discovered. These include such as chemical mutagens, radiation, oncoviruses, insolation and the like. Animal viruses are among the least proven group of risk factors capable of initiating tumor growth. Skeptics argue that animal viruses do not penetrate the cells, and therefore do not initiate tumor growth [1]. Opponents of this statement give experimental data indicating the existence of more complex mechanisms of cancer initiation by zoonotic viruses.

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