BAI1 is an engulfment receptor for apoptotic cells upstream of the ELMO/Dock180/Rac module

D Park, AC Tosello-Trampont, MR Elliott, M Lu… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Engulfment and subsequent degradation of apoptotic cells is an essential step that occurs
throughout life in all multicellular organisms,,. ELMO/Dock180/Rac proteins are a conserved …

Integrin αVβ3 Binds to the RGD Motif of Glycoprotein B of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus and Functions as an RGD-Dependent Entry Receptor

HJ Garrigues, YE Rubinchikova, CM DiPersio… - Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) envelope-associated glycoprotein B (gB)
is involved in the initial steps of binding to host cells during KSHV infection. gB contains an …

KSHV-initiated notch activation leads to membrane-type-1 matrix metalloproteinase-dependent lymphatic endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition

F Cheng, P Pekkonen, S Laurinavicius, N Sugiyama… - Cell host & …, 2011 - cell.com
Kaposi sarcoma (KS), an angioproliferative disease associated with Kaposi sarcoma
herpesvirus (KSHV) infection, harbors a diversity of cell types ranging from endothelial to …

KSHV infects a subset of human tonsillar B cells, driving proliferation and plasmablast differentiation

LM Hassman, TJ Ellison… - The Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Kaposi sarcoma–associated herpesvirus (KSHV; also known as HHV8) is the causative
agent of two B cell tumors, multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) and primary effusion …

Upregulation of xCT by KSHV-encoded microRNAs facilitates KSHV dissemination and persistence in an environment of oxidative stress

Z Qin, E Freitas, R Sullivan, S Mohan, R Bacelieri… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Upregulation of xCT, the inducible subunit of a membrane-bound amino acid transporter,
replenishes intracellular glutathione stores to maintain cell viability in an environment of …

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus K3 and K5 ubiquitin E3 ligases have stage-specific immune evasion roles during lytic replication

K Brulois, Z Toth, LY Wong, P Feng, SJ Gao… - Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
The downregulation of immune synapse components such as major histocompatibility
complex class I (MHC-I) and ICAM-1 is a common viral immune evasion strategy that …

Rapamycin blocks production of KSHV/HHV8: insights into the anti-tumor activity of an immunosuppressant drug

LA Nichols, LA Adang, DH Kedes - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Infection with Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8) often
results in the development of fatal tumors in immunocompromised patients. Studies of renal …

mTOR inhibitors block Kaposi sarcoma growth by inhibiting essential autocrine growth factors and tumor angiogenesis

D Roy, SH Sin, A Lucas, R Venkataramanan, L Wang… - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
Kaposi sarcoma originates from endothelial cells and it is one of the most overt angiogenic
tumors. In Sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV and the Kaposi sarcoma–associated herpesvirus …

RNA editing of the human herpesvirus 8 kaposin transcript eliminates its transforming activity and is induced during lytic replication

SZ Gandy, SD Linnstaedt, S Muralidhar… - Journal of …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human herpesvirus 8 is the etiologic agent associated with Kaposi's sarcoma and primary
effusion lymphoma (PEL). The K12 RNA, which produces as many as three variants of the …

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus gH/gL: glycoprotein export and interaction with cellular receptors

A Hahn, A Birkmann, E Wies, D Dorer, K Mahr… - Journal of …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
The attachment, entry, and fusion of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) with
target cells are mediated by complex machinery containing, among others, viral glycoprotein …