Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV): molecular biology and oncogenesis

KW Wen, B Damania - Cancer letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a double-stranded DNA herpesvirus
belonging to the γ-herpesvirinae subfamily. KSHV has been associated with the …

Regulation of NF-κB inhibitor IκBα and viral replication by a KSHV microRNA

X Lei, Z Bai, F Ye, J Xie, CG Kim, Y Huang, SJ Gao - Nature cell biology, 2010 - nature.com
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is causally linked to several acquired
immune deficiency syndrome-related malignancies, including Kaposi's sarcoma, primary …

[HTML][HTML] The epigenetic landscape of latent Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus genomes

T Günther, A Grundhoff - PLoS pathogens, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Herpesvirus latency is generally thought to be governed by epigenetic modifications, but the
dynamics of viral chromatin at early timepoints of latent infection are poorly understood …

Oncogenic HPV infection interrupts the expression of tumor-suppressive miR-34a through viral oncoprotein E6

X Wang, HK Wang, JP McCoy, NS Banerjee, JS Rader… - Rna, 2009 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
MicroRNAs (miRNA) play pivotal roles in controlling cell proliferation and differentiation.
Aberrant miRNA expression in human is becoming recognized as a new molecular …

Kaposi sarcoma–associated herpesvirus-associated malignancies: epidemiology, pathogenesis, and advances in treatment

M Bhutani, MN Polizzotto, TS Uldrick, R Yarchoan - Seminars in oncology, 2015 - Elsevier
Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV), a γ2-herpesvirus, also known as human
herpesvirus-8, is the etiologic agent of three virally associated tumors: Kaposi sarcoma, a …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of cellular genes targeted by KSHV-encoded microRNAs

MA Samols, RL Skalsky, AM Maldonado, A Riva… - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 19 to 23 nucleotide–long RNAs that post-transcriptionally regulate
gene expression. Human cells express several hundred miRNAs which regulate important …

[HTML][HTML] A human cytomegalovirus-encoded microRNA regulates expression of multiple viral genes involved in replication

F Grey, H Meyers, EA White, DH Spector… - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Although multiple studies have documented the expression of over 70 novel virus-encoded
microRNAs (miRNAs), the targets and functions of most of these regulatory RNA species are …

Improved expression and reactivity of transduced tumor-specific TCRs in human lymphocytes by specific silencing of endogenous TCR

S Okamoto, J Mineno, H Ikeda, H Fujiwara… - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
Adoptive T-cell therapy using lymphocytes genetically engineered to express tumor antigen-
specific TCRs is an attractive strategy for treating patients with malignancies. However, there …

Suppression of immediate-early viral gene expression by herpesvirus-coded microRNAs: implications for latency

E Murphy, J Vaníček, H Robins… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
A quantitative algorithm was developed and applied to predict target genes of microRNAs
encoded by herpesviruses. Although there is almost no conservation among microRNAs of …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of KSHV lytic switch protein expression by a virus-encoded microRNA: an evolutionary adaptation that fine-tunes lytic reactivation

P Bellare, D Ganem - Cell host & microbe, 2009 - cell.com
Herpesviruses encode numerous microRNAs (miRNAs), most of whose functions are
unknown. The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) encodes 17 known …