Article
Systemic expression of HIV-1 tat gene in transgenic mice induces endothelial proliferation and tumors of different histotypes.
Cancer research - 15 Nov 1993
Corallini A, Altavilla G, Pozzi L, Bignozzi F, Negrini M, Rimessi P, Gualandi F, Barbanti-Brodano G
Abstract excerpt
The human immunodeficiency virus tat protein, a transactivator of viral and cellular genes, is suspected to be involved in the pathogenesis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated tumors. We report that transgenic mice carrying a recombinant DNA containing BK virus early region and the h...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Animals
- BK Virus
- Carcinoma
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Fibrosarcoma
- Genes, tat
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Phenotype
- Skin Neoplasms
- Tumor Virus Infections
