Fig. 2: The activation of HERV is influenced by environmental factors and epigenetic modifications. | Cell Death Discovery

Fig. 2: The activation of HERV is influenced by environmental factors and epigenetic modifications.

From: The expression, regulation, and function of human endogenous retroviruses in genitourinary cancers

Fig. 2

External environmental factors, such as chemical substances, physical inducing agents, and exogenous viral infection, can upregulate the expression of HERVs; epigenetic regulation by DNA methylation and histone modification can also upregulate the expression of HERVs (Created with BioRender.com).

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