0 12 Epstein-Barr epstein-barr JJ 13 18 viral viral JJ 19 26 latency latency NN 27 29 is be VBZ 30 39 disrupted disrupt VBN 40 42 by by IN 43 46 the the DT 47 62 immediate-early immediate-early JJ 63 68 BRLF1 brlf1 NN 69 76 protein protein NN 77 84 through through IN 85 86 a a DT 87 100 cell-specific cell-specific JJ 101 110 mechanism mechanism NN 110 111 . . . 113 125 Epstein-Barr epstein-barr JJ 126 131 virus virus NN 132 133 ( ( ( 133 136 EBV EBV NNP 136 137 ) ) ) 137 138 , , , 139 142 the the DT 143 152 causative causative JJ 153 158 agent agent NN 159 161 of of IN 162 172 infectious infectious JJ 173 186 mononucleosis mononucleosis NN 186 187 , , , 188 190 is be VBZ 191 192 a a DT 193 198 human human JJ 199 210 herpesvirus herpesvirus NN 211 221 associated associate VBN 222 226 with with IN 227 237 epithelial epithelial JJ 238 242 cell cell NN 243 255 malignancies malignancy NNS 256 257 ( ( ( 257 271 nasopharyngeal nasopharyngeal JJ 272 281 carcinoma carcinoma NN 281 282 ) ) ) 283 285 as as RB 286 290 well well RB 291 293 as as IN 294 300 B-cell b-cell NN 301 313 malignancies malignancy NNS 313 314 . . . 315 328 Understanding understand VBG 329 332 how how WRB 333 338 viral viral JJ 339 346 latency latency NN 347 349 is be VBZ 350 359 disrupted disrupt VBN 360 362 is be VBZ 363 364 a a DT 365 372 central central JJ 373 378 issue issue NN 379 381 in in IN 382 393 herpesvirus herpesvirus NN 394 401 biology biology NN 401 402 . . . 403 413 Epithelial epithelial JJ 414 419 cells cell NNS 420 423 are be VBP 424 427 the the DT 428 433 major major JJ 434 438 site site NN 439 441 of of IN 442 447 lytic lytic JJ 448 451 EBV EBV NNP 452 463 replication replication NN 464 470 within within IN 471 474 the the DT 475 480 human human JJ 481 485 host host NN 485 486 , , , 487 490 and and CC 491 496 viral viral JJ 497 509 reactivation reactivation NN 510 516 occurs occur VBZ 517 519 in in IN 520 534 EBV-associated ebv-associated JJ 535 549 nasopharyngeal nasopharyngeal JJ 550 560 carcinomas carcinoma NNS 560 561 . . . 562 564 It it PRP 565 567 is be VBZ 568 573 known know VBN 574 578 that that IN 579 589 expression expression NN 590 592 of of IN 593 594 a a DT 595 601 single single JJ 602 607 viral viral JJ 608 623 immediate-early immediate-early JJ 624 631 protein protein NN 631 632 , , , 633 638 BZLF1 BZLF1 NNP 638 639 , , , 640 642 is be VBZ 643 653 sufficient sufficient JJ 654 656 to to TO 657 665 initiate initiate VB 666 669 the the DT 670 676 switch switch NN 677 681 from from IN 682 688 latent latent JJ 689 691 to to TO 692 697 lytic lytic JJ 698 707 infection infection NN 708 710 in in IN 711 712 B B NNP 713 718 cells cell NNS 718 719 . . . 720 728 Cellular cellular JJ 729 739 regulation regulation NN 740 742 of of IN 743 748 BZLF1 bzlf1 NN 749 762 transcription transcription NN 763 765 is be VBZ 766 775 therefore therefore RB 776 783 thought think VBN 784 786 to to TO 787 791 play play VB 792 793 a a DT 794 797 key key JJ 798 802 role role NN 803 805 in in IN 806 816 regulating regulate VBG 817 820 the the DT 821 831 stringency stringency NN 832 834 of of IN 835 840 viral viral JJ 841 848 latency latency NN 848 849 . . . 850 854 Here here RB 855 857 we we PRP 858 862 show show VBP 863 867 that that IN 867 868 , , , 869 881 unexpectedly unexpectedly RB 881 882 , , , 883 893 expression expression NN 894 896 of of IN 897 904 another another DT 905 910 viral viral JJ 911 926 immediate-early immediate-early JJ 927 934 protein protein NN 934 935 , , , 936 941 BRLF1 BRLF1 NNP 941 942 , , , 943 946 can can MD 947 954 disrupt disrupt VB 955 960 viral viral JJ 961 968 latency latency NN 969 971 in in IN 972 974 an an DT 975 985 epithelial epithelial JJ 986 999 cell-specific cell-specific JJ 1000 1007 fashion fashion NN 1007 1008 . . . 1009 1018 Therefore therefore RB 1018 1019 , , , 1020 1023 the the DT 1024 1034 mechanisms mechanism NNS 1035 1042 leading lead VBG 1043 1045 to to TO 1046 1056 disruption disruption NN 1057 1059 of of IN 1060 1063 EBV EBV NNP 1064 1071 latency latency NN 1072 1078 appear appear VBP 1079 1081 to to TO 1082 1084 be be VB 1085 1094 cell-type cell-type JJ 1095 1103 specific specific JJ 1103 1104 . . .