Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs): Viral sequences that have integrated into the host genome and are passed down through generations. Cellular Senescence: A state in which cells stop dividing and ...

Human endogenous retroviruses that colonized vertebrate DNA millions of years ago have long been dismissed as junk DNA, but researchers now know that they may play important roles in cancer, ...

Such endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) often contain binding sites for transcription factors—that is, proteins that read and activate genes. Although these sequences are normally inactive ...

“The new data presented in the paper represents a significant contribution to our understanding of the potential role of endogenous retroviruses in neurological disease.” “It’s a very, very important ...