Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is the most common cancer in HIV-infected untreated individuals. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the infectious cause of KS. This Review discusses the ...

Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus protein LANA2 disrupts PML oncogenic domains and inhibits PML-mediated transcriptional repression of the survivin gene. J Virol 2009; 83: 8849–8858.

A herpes virus suspected of causing Kaposi’s sarcoma, a cancer often found in AIDS patients, also may set off a reaction leading to multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer that kills 10,000 ...

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus, or KSHV, is one of two viruses known to cause cancer in humans. There are eight human herpes viruses, and they cause a wide spectrum of diseases, ranging ...

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), also known as human herpesvirus-8, is the etiological agent of Kaposi's sarcoma, as well as rare lymphoproliferative disorders.

2002-01-09 04:00:00 PDT San Francisco-- A herpes virus thought to cause Kaposi's sarcoma, the disfiguring skin disease that became the signature of AIDS in the 1980s, was present in a quarter of ...

UCLA researchers have provided the first description of the structure of the herpes virus associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, a type of cancer. Skip to content. Menu. Medical Home Life Sciences Home.

Latent nuclear antigen of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus interacts with RING3, a homolog of the Drosophila female sterile homeotic (fsh) gene. J Virol 1999;73:9789-9795.

Human herpes virus-8, ... appears to promote Kaposi's sarcoma, the skin cancer that is associated with HIV and ... Other HHV-8 risk factors were sex with a partner who had Kaposi's sarcoma and ...

There are four types of Kaposi sarcoma, AIDS-associated, classic, endemic, and transplant-related. The main cause of Kaposi sarcomas is the human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8), also known as Kaposi’s ...

To the Editor: Kaposi's sarcoma associated with HIV infection has been decreasing in incidence and severity since the introduction of antiretroviral therapy.1 These reductions have been attributed ...

This detailed review describes the interplay of human tumor viruses with the Notch signaling pathway, with a special focus on Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus.