XMRV and cardiac dysfunction, is there a link?

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A bit of musing: The XMRV is capable of infecting prostate cells via the XPR1

receptor. This receptor has also been detected in the spleen, lymph node,

thymus, leukocytes, bone marrow, heart, kidney, pancreas and skeletal muscle.

However, besides the prostate, there haven't been a lot of studies regarding the

effect of retroviruses and XPR1. However, one lab study has shown that a

retrovirus can cause heart damage. See:

http://jvi.highwire.org/cgi/content/full/81/22/12307

Therefore, could the XMRV be responsible for the cardiomyopathy that Cheney

believes is the cause many of the symptoms in CFS?

- Mark