title: Endogenous retroviruses and human cancer: is there anything to the rumors?
abstract: Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) infection was incorrectly associated with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in recent years. In this forum, we discuss the story of XMRV and how we can apply lessons learned here to inform the debate surrounding cancers associated with human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs).
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Graduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
authors.forename: Neeru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Graduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA. Electronic address: john.coffin@tufts.edu.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Coffin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology*; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology*; D058008:Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*