The frequent association of BL with EBV infection, which activates PI3K-AKT signalling, indicates a role of PI3K-AKT activation at early stages, but the establishing of BL apparently requires repression of the EBV programme, including PI3K-AKT- and NF-κB–activating LMP genes [8, 14, 48]. Here, PDLIM7 is linked to Epstein-Barr virus infection.