"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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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Herpesvirus 8, Human" by people in Profiles.
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Pediatric HIV+ Kaposi sarcoma exhibits clinical, virological, and molecular features different from the adult disease. JCI Insight. 2023 11 22; 8(22).
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KSHV viral load and Interleukin-6 in HIV-associated pediatric Kaposi sarcoma-Exploring the role of lytic activation in driving the unique clinical features seen in endemic regions. Int J Cancer. 2019 01 01; 144(1):110-116.
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Mapping the Epidemiology of Kaposi Sarcoma and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Among Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 08; 63(8):1325-31.
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Cellular and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus microRNAs in sepsis and surgical trauma. Cell Death Dis. 2014 Dec 04; 5:e1559.
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Human herpes virus 8 in solid organ transplantation. Transplantation. 2011 Oct 27; 92(8):837-44.
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Plasmablastic lymphoma: CNS involvement, coexistence of other malignancies, possible viral etiology, and dismal outcome. Ann Hematol. 2009 Apr; 88(4):351-8.
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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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Akt plays a central role in sarcomagenesis induced by Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus-encoded G protein-coupled receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Apr 06; 101(14):4821-6.
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Endothelial infection with KSHV genes in vivo reveals that vGPCR initiates Kaposi's sarcomagenesis and can promote the tumorigenic potential of viral latent genes. Cancer Cell. 2003 Jan; 3(1):23-36.
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Dissolution of the lymphoid follicle is a feature of the HHV8+ variant of plasma cell Castleman's disease. Am J Surg Pathol. 2003 Jan; 27(1):91-100.