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Document 0718
DOCN M9630718
TI Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infects endothelial and spindle
cells.
DT 9603
AU Boshoff C; Schulz TF; Kennedy MM; Graham AK; Fisher C; Thomas A; McGee
JO; Weiss RA; O'Leary JJ; Virology Laboratory, Royal Marsden Hospital,
London, UK.
SO Nat Med. 1995 Dec;1(12):1274-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96083627
AB Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), a vascular tumour that contains characteristic
spindle cells forming slit-like spaces, may have an infectious
aetiology. Recently, sequences of a new human herpesvirus, KSHV/HHV-8,
have been identified in both HIV-associated and classical KS. We sought
to identify the target cell of this virus in KS tumour tissue. Using PCR
in situ hybridization (PCR-ISH) we show that KSHV/HHV-8 is present in
the flat endothelial cells lining vascular spaces of KS lesions as well
as in typical KS spindle cells. These findings show that KSHV/HHV-8 is
present in the cell types thought to represent neoplastic cells in these
lesions.
DE Adolescence Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over AIDS-Related Opportunistic
Infections/PATHOLOGY/*VIROLOGY Base Sequence Endothelium Female
*Herpesviridae Herpesviridae Infections/*VIROLOGY Human In Situ
Hybridization Male Middle Age Molecular Sequence Data Nevus, Spindle
Cell/*VIROLOGY Polymerase Chain Reaction Sarcoma,
Kaposi's/PATHOLOGY/*VIROLOGY Skin Neoplasms/PATHOLOGY/*VIROLOGY
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).