"Herpesvirus 8, Human" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species in the genus RHADINOVIRUS, subfamily GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE, isolated from patients with AIDS-related and "classical" Kaposi sarcoma.
| Descriptor ID |
D019288
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.210.400.700.330 B04.280.382.400.700.330 B04.613.204.500.700.330
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| Concept/Terms |
Herpesvirus 8, Human- Herpesvirus 8, Human
- HHV-8
- KSHV
- Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
- Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus
- Kaposis Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
- Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
- Kaposi Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus
- Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus, Kaposi
- Herpesvirus, Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated
- Herpesvirus, Kaposi Sarcoma Associated
- Human Herpesvirus 8
- Herpesvirus, Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated
- Herpesvirus, Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated
- Herpesvirus, Kaposis Sarcoma-Associated
- Herpesviruses, Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated
- Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesviruses
- Sarcoma-Associated Herpesviruses, Kaposi's
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Herpesvirus 8, Human" by people in Profiles.
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Ceccarelli M, Facciol? A, Taibi R, Pellican? GF, Nunnari G, Venanzi Rullo E. The treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma: present and future options, a review of the literature. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2019 Sep; 23(17):7488-7497.
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Pinzone MR, Berretta M, Cacopardo B, Nunnari G. Epstein-barr virus- and Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-related malignancies in the setting of human immunodeficiency virus infection. Semin Oncol. 2015 Apr; 42(2):258-71.
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La Ferla L, Pinzone MR, Nunnari G, Martellotta F, Lleshi A, Tirelli U, De Paoli P, Berretta M, Cacopardo B. Kaposi' s sarcoma in HIV-positive patients: the state of art in the HAART-era. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2013 Sep; 17(17):2354-65.
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Ammari ZA, Mollberg NM, Abdelhady K, Mansueto MD, Massad MG. Diagnosis and management of primary effusion lymphoma in the immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Jun; 61(4):343-9.
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Sbenghe MM, Besa E, Mahipal A, Dulau Florea A, Bray P, Caro J. HHV-8-associated multicentric Castleman's disease in HIV-negative patient: a novel therapy for an orphan disease. Oncologist. 2012; 17(1):145-6; author reply 147-8.
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Prakash O, Swamy OR, Peng X, Tang ZY, Li L, Larson JE, Cohen JC, Gill J, Farr G, Wang S, Samaniego F. Activation of Src kinase Lyn by the Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus K1 protein: implications for lymphomagenesis. Blood. 2005 May 15; 105(10):3987-94.
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Verma S, Nuovo GJ, Porcu P, Baiocchi RA, Crowson AN, Magro CM. Epstein-Barr virus- and human herpesvirus 8-associated primary cutaneous plasmablastic lymphoma in the setting of renal transplantation. J Cutan Pathol. 2005 Jan; 32(1):35-9.
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Wu FY, Tang QQ, Chen H, ApRhys C, Farrell C, Chen J, Fujimuro M, Lane MD, Hayward GS. Lytic replication-associated protein (RAP) encoded by Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus causes p21CIP-1-mediated G1 cell cycle arrest through CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-alpha. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Aug 6; 99(16):10683-8.