| Literature DB >> 20443737 |
Peter D Burbelo1, Alexandra T Issa, Kathryn H Ching, Kathleen M Wyvill, Richard F Little, Michael J Iadarola, Joseph A Kovacs, Robert Yarchoan.
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Antibody responses against lytic and latent Kaposi sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus antigens were investigated in patients with KS, multicentric Castleman disease (MCD), and primary effusion lymphoma. Antibodies against the lytic antigen K8.1 were 5-fold higher in patients with MCD than those with KS, whereas antibodies to the sum of latent antigens v-cyclin and LANA were 27-fold higher in patients with KS, compared with patients with MCD (P < 001). The sum of anti-v-cyclin and anti-LANA antibody titers discriminated patients with KS from those with MCD and KS with 93% sensitivity and 83% specificity. These results suggest that antibody responses to lytic and latent KS-associated herpesvirus antigens differ in these diseases.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20443737 PMCID: PMC2873114 DOI: 10.1086/652869
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226