Abstract:
:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), or human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) is a gammaherpesvirus and the etiological agent of Kaposi's sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma and multicentric Castleman disease. The KSHV genome contains genes for a unique group of proteins with homology to cellular interferon regulatory factors, termed viral interferon regulatory factors (vIRFs). This review will give an overview over the oncogenic, antiapoptotic and immunomodulatory characteristics of KSHV and related vIRFs.
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Biol Chemjournal_title
Biological chemistryauthors
Koch S,Schulz TFdoi
10.1515/hsz-2017-0111subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-07-26 00:00:00pages
857-870issue
8eissn
1431-6730issn
1437-4315pii
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398pub_type
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