LMP1 critically contributes to the pathogenesis of B-cell-derived infectious mononucleosis, Hodgkin’s lymphoma and fatal post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD), as well as playing an important role in the development of EBV-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma2,3. This evidence concerns the gene PDLIM7 and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease.