PDLIM7 and myasthenia gravis: Further, the Epstein-Barr (EBV) virus infection had been shown to present in MG thymuses [52, 53], and the prevalence of EBV-encoded small RNA-1 (EBER-1), Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1), latent membrane protein-1 (LMP-1) in the thymus of MG patients support the role of EBV infection in MG progression.