Among HTLV-1-infected individuals, the lifetime risk of developing HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is associated with the HTLV-1 gene subgroup (i.e., subgroup-A or
The Tax protein of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is crucial for the development of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), a highly malignant CD4+ T cell neoplasm. Among the multiple aberrant Tax-i
Using various animal models, epigenetic mechanisms have been shown to be mediating the negative effects of chronic stressful events on the progression of depression and other neuropsychiatric disorder