Lymphatic reprogramming of blood vascular endothelium by Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus - PubMed (original) (raw)

doi: 10.1038/ng1383. Epub 2004 Jun 27.

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Lymphatic reprogramming of blood vascular endothelium by Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

Young-Kwon Hong et al. Nat Genet. 2004 Jul.

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.

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