16. Epstein-barr virus association Hexokinase 2 expression in Natural killer/t-cell lymphoma

Tran Tin Nghia, Nguyen Thuy Tien, Nguyen Kim Dong, Nguyen Huu Quoc, Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Nguyen Dinh Thach, Mai Xuan Thu, Tran Van Khanh, Nguyen Hoang Viet

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Natural Killer/T cell lymphoma (NK/TL) is an aggressive type of cancer originated from the transformation of natural killer cells and T cells and is more typical in Asia. The common risk factor is Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes virus family. Hexokinase 2 enzyme (HK2) expression has long been found to play a certain role in glycolysis and tumor proliferation in several cancers. Our study was conducted on 22 patients diagnosed with NK/TL to investigate the relationship between HK2 and EBV in cancer progression. HK2 expression was measured using the immunohistochemistry (IHC) technique; EBV status was determined using Realtime PCR. Our data showed 16 out of 22 research subjects (72.7%) were positive with HK2 expression. Our results showed a significant differencein EBV copy numbers in tumors between tumors not expressing HK2 and tumors expressing HK2 (p = 0.02). This can be a significant finding and suggests further research is required to understand the relationship and pathological mechanism of EBV and HK2 on NK/TL.

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