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World J Meta-Anal. Jul 31, 2019; 7(7): 346-349
Published online Jul 31, 2019. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v7.i7.346
Published online Jul 31, 2019. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v7.i7.346
Phantom of the inflammasome in the gut: Cytomegalovirus
Ferhat Arslan, Haluk Vahaboglu, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul 34722, Turkey
Author contributions: All authors equally contributed to this paper with conception and design of the study, literature review and analysis, drafting and critical revision and editing, and final approval of the final version.
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Corresponding author: Ferhat Arslan, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul 34722, Turkey. ferhat.arslan@medeniyet.edu.tr
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Received: July 19, 2019
Peer-review started: July 21, 2019
First decision: July 23, 2019
Revised: July 25, 2019
Accepted: July 29, 2019
Article in press: July 29, 2019
Published online: July 31, 2019
Peer-review started: July 21, 2019
First decision: July 23, 2019
Revised: July 25, 2019
Accepted: July 29, 2019
Article in press: July 29, 2019
Published online: July 31, 2019
Core Tip
Core tip: We will here draw an analogy between the cytomegalovirus and the hero of the Gaston Leroux’s “The Phantom of the Opera” novel, with the intestinal mucosa as the opera building. We aimed to emphasize the viral pathogenesis process to understand the elusive character of cytomegalovirus in the inflammatory bowel diseases.