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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Paive Ojala
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-22522 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cell host & microbe 20111201 6
Kaposi sarcoma (KS), an angioproliferative disease associated with Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) infection, harbors a diversity of cell types ranging from endothelial to mesenchymal cells of unclear origin. We developed a three-dimensional cell model for KSHV infection and used it to demonstrate that KSHV induces transcriptional reprogramming of lymphatic endothelial cells to mesenchymal cells via endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT). KSHV-induced EndMT was initiated by the viral pr ...[more]