HTLV-1

 Dictionary entry overview: What does HTLV-1 mean? 

• HTLV-1 (noun)
  The noun HTLV-1 has 1 sense:

1. retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia

  Familiarity information: HTLV-1 used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HTLV-1 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

HTLV-1; human T-cell leukemia virus-1

Hypernyms ("HTLV-1" is a kind of...):

retrovirus (any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell)

 Context examples 

Also called HTLV-1 and human T-cell leukemia virus type 1.

(human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1, NCI Dictionary)

The HTLV-1 Tax protein that interacts with Hsp70 blocks mitochondrial induced apoptosis, providing a protection against interferon-mediated cellular defenses.

(Interferon Signaling Modulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma caused by the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1).

(adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)

Also called HTLV-1 and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1.

(human T-cell leukemia virus type 1, NCI Dictionary)

A human deltaretrovirus related to HTLV-1.

(HTLV-2, NCI Thesaurus)

A peripheral (mature) T-cell neoplasm caused by the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1).

(adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

One of these is Tax, a protein encoded by the HTLV-1 virus that binds to hTid-1. hTid-1 also represses NF-kB activation by blocking the phosphorylation and inactivation of I-kappaB by the IkappaB kinase beta.

(Interferon Signaling Modulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)