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Long-term infection and transformation of dermal microvascular endothelial cells by human herpesvirus 8.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 1999
Moses A V, Fish K N, Ruhl R, Smith P P, Strussenberg J G, Zhu L, Chandran B, Nelson J A
Abstract excerpt
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) infects Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) spindle cells in situ, as well as the lesional endothelial cells considered to be spindle cell precursors. The HHV8 genome contains several oncogenes, suggesting that infection of endothelial and spindle cells could induce cellular transformation and tumorigenesis and promote the formation of KS lesions. To investigate the potential of HHV8 infection of...
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