Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus pathogenesis

G Mariggio, S Koch, TF Schulz - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV), taxonomical name human gammaherpesvirus 8, is a
phylogenetically old human virus that co-evolved with human populations, but is now only …

Kaposi Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus: mechanisms of oncogenesis

TF Schulz, E Cesarman - Current opinion in virology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•KSHV/HHV8 causes three human diseases: Kaposi Sarcoma, Primary Effusion
Lymphoma and the plasma cell variant of Multicentric Castleman Disease.•These occur …

Modulation of the cGAS-STING DNA sensing pathway by gammaherpesviruses

Z Ma, SR Jacobs, JA West, C Stopford… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Infection of cells with DNA viruses triggers innate immune responses mediated by DNA
sensors. cGMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) is a key DNA sensor that produces the cyclic …

Activation of NIX-mediated mitophagy by an interferon regulatory factor homologue of human herpesvirus

MT Vo, BJ Smith, J Nicholas, YB Choi - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Viral control of mitochondrial quality and content has emerged as an important mechanism
for counteracting the host response to virus infection. Despite the knowledge of this crucial …

Epstein–Barr virus miR-BART20-5p regulates cell proliferation and apoptosis by targeting BAD

H Kim, H Choi, SK Lee - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Although Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) Bam HI A rightward transcript (BART)
microRNAs (miRNAs) are ubiquitously expressed in EBV-associated tumors, the role of most …

Autophagy-competent mitochondrial translation elongation factor TUFM inhibits caspase-8-mediated apoptosis

CY Choi, MT Vo, J Nicholas, YB Choi - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2022 - nature.com
Mitochondria support multiple cell functions, but an accumulation of dysfunctional or
excessive mitochondria is detrimental to cells. We previously demonstrated that a defect in …

Direct and biologically significant interactions of human herpesvirus 8 interferon regulatory factor 1 with STAT3 and Janus kinase TYK2

Z Yang, Q Xiang, J Nicholas - PLoS pathogens, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) encodes four viral interferon regulatory factors (vIRFs) that
target cellular IRFs and/or other innate-immune and stress signaling regulators and …

HTLV-1 tax stabilizes MCL-1 via TRAF6-dependent K63-linked polyubiquitination to promote cell survival and transformation

YB Choi, EW Harhaj - PLoS pathogens, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Tax protein hijacks the host ubiquitin
machinery to activate IκB kinases (IKKs) and NF-κB and promote cell survival; however, the …

Distinct roles of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-encoded viral interferon regulatory factors in inflammatory response and cancer

P Baresova, PM Pitha, B Lubyova - Journal of Virology, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the etiologic agent associated with
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and multicentric Castleman …

STAT and Janus kinase targeting by human herpesvirus 8 interferon regulatory factor in the suppression of type-I interferon signaling

Q Xiang, Z Yang, J Nicholas - PLoS pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), also known as Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-associated
herpesvirus, is involved etiologically in AIDS-associated KS, primary effusion lymphoma …