HERV-K10 Retrotransposes in Human Cancer Cells: An Etiology Factor for Glioblastoma Aggressiveness
This study challenges the prevailing view that Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERV-K) are inactive by demonstrating that the HERV-K10 element actively retrotransposes in human cancer cells and immature oocytes, where this process drives genomic instability and induces aggressive, metastatic cancer stem cell-like characteristics in glioblastoma.