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Manipulation of endothelial cells by KSHV: implications for angiogenesis and aberrant vascular differentiation.
Seminars in cancer biology - 1 Jun 2014
Ojala Päivi M, Schulz Thomas F
Abstract excerpt
Kaposi sarcoma (KS), a viral cancer associated to Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) infection, is currently the most common tumor in men in sub-Saharan Africa. KS is an angiogenic tumor and characterized by the presence of aberrant vascular structures in the lesion. Although our understanding of how KSHV causes the aberrant differentiation of endothelial cells and the typical vascular abnormalities in KS tumors...
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