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SUBMITTER: Polizzotto MN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3868925 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Polizzotto Mark N MN Uldrick Thomas S TS Wang Victoria V Aleman Karen K Wyvill Kathleen M KM Marshall Vickie V Pittaluga Stefania S O'Mahony Deirdre D Whitby Denise D Tosato Giovanna G Steinberg Seth M SM Little Richard F RF Yarchoan Robert R
Blood 20131030 26
Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV)-associated multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) is a polyclonal B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. Human (h) IL-6 and a KSHV-encoded homolog, viral IL-6, have been hypothesized to contribute to its pathogenesis, but their relative contributions to disease activity is not well understood. We prospectively characterized KSHV viral load (VL), viral (v) and hIL-6, and other cytokines during KSHV-MCD flare and remission in 21 patients with 34 flares and 20 remissio ...[more]