| Literature DB >> 15220917 |
Young-Kwon Hong1, Kimberly Foreman, Jay W Shin, Satoshi Hirakawa, Christine L Curry, David R Sage, Towia Libermann, Bruce J Dezube, Joyce D Fingeroth, Michael Detmar.
Abstract
Kaposi sarcoma is considered a neoplasm of lymphatic endothelium infected with Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. It is characterized by the expression of lymphatic lineage-specific genes by Kaposi sarcoma tumor cells. Here we show that infection of differentiated blood vascular endothelial cells with Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus leads to their lymphatic reprogramming; induction of approximately 70% of the main lymphatic lineage-specific genes, including PROX1, a master regulator of lymphatic development; and downregulation of blood vascular genes.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15220917 DOI: 10.1038/ng1383
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330