Human Herpes Virus 8
Human herpes virus 8 replication during disseminated tuberculosis in a man with human immunodeficiency virus: a case report
... Introduction: Human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) is mainly responsible for the development of Kaposi's sarcoma and multicentric Castleman's disease in immunocompromised patients with ...
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Understanding the mechanism of mTOR inhibition in human herpes virus-8 associated malignancies
... the virus is preparing to go into latency, it activates the PI3K-mTOR signaling cascade via lytic proteins like vGPCR and ...the virus induces expression of these pro-growth factors to serve as both ...
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Cancer and Infectious Causes
... of Human Herpes Virus 8 (HHV-8) or Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV) was found in virtually all Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) tissue for both immune competent and ...
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A case report of immunosuppression related Kaposi’s sarcoma after autologous stem cell transplantation
... sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV) also known as Human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8), a group 1 carcino- genic agent according to the International Agency for Research on ...
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The guanine exchange factor SWAP70 mediates vGPCR-induced endothelial plasticity
... the human herpes virus 8 (HHV8), the viral G protein-coupled receptor (vGPCR) is one of the key instigators of Kaposi’s sar- coma (KS) pathogenesis ...
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The interplay between human herpes simplex virus infection and the apoptosis and necroptosis cell death pathways
... of human cells [20, ...in human cells [20]. In addition to its role in inhibiting caspase-8-dependent apoptosis, the RNR domain of HSV R1 is required for the prevention of necroptosis in human ...
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Detection of Cervical Infections in Colposcopy Clinic Patients
... trachomatis; herpes simplex virus; cytomegalovirus; Epstein-Barr virus; human herpesviruses 6, 7, and 8; or adeno-associated virus influenced the production of cervical ...
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Rapid detection of human herpes virus by next generation sequencing in a patient with encephalitis
... The etiological agent in this case was not diagnosed by traditional detection methods. Currently, clinical manifes- tations, imaging studies, and CSF analysis are the basis of the diagnostic approach in viral ...
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High Prevalence of Multiple Human Herpesviruses in Saliva from Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Persons in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
... immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with an increased risk for human herpesvi- ruses (HHVs) and their related ...Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human herpesvirus 8 ...
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Rapidly progressive Kaposi’s Sarcoma in an Iraqi boy received Valproic acid: a case report and review of literature
... Background: Kaposi ’ s sarcoma (KS), an endothelial neoplasm, is associated with human herpes virus (HHV) -8 infection. KS has four clinical sub-types: Mediterranean/classic, African/endemic, ...
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Fewer Latent Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and Cytotoxic T Cells Occur in the Ophthalmic Division than in the Maxillary and Mandibular Divisions of the Human Trigeminal Ganglion and Nerve
... 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) and the TG was stored for another 7 to 8 days at 4°C. It was then equilibrated in increasing concentrations of sucrose (10%, 20%, and 30%) in 0.1 M phosphate buffer for freeze cutting. As ...
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Human Dendritic Cells Transduced with Herpes Simplex Virus Amplicons Encoding Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) gp120 Elicit Adaptive Immune Responses from Human Cells Engrafted into NOD/SCID Mice and Confer Partial Protection against HIV-1 Challenge
... Overall, our results support prior studies demonstrating that DC-based HIV vaccines effectively induce humoral and cellu- lar immune responses in hu-PBL-SCID mice (28, 61). HSV-1 amplicons effectively transduce DC and ...
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Comparison of an immortalized human corneal epithelial cell line with Vero cells in the isolation of Herpes simplex virus-1 for the laboratory diagnosis of Herpes simplex keratitis
... Virus could be isolated using both or either of the cell lines from 10/17 (58.82%) specimens collected from pa- tients with HSK (figs. 5,6,7,8). None of the controls yield- ed HSV-1. HSV-1 was isolated from 10/ 17 ...
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Human Thymidine Kinase Can Functionally Replace Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Thymidine Kinase for Viral Replication in Mouse Sensory Ganglia and Reactivation from Latency upon Explant
... The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)-encoded thymidine kinase (TK) appears to be such a ...does human TK (hTK), deoxycytidine (dC) as does human deoxycytidine kinase (hdCK), and thymidylate ...
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Pangaea and the Out-of-Africa Model of Varicella-Zoster Virus Evolution and Phylogeography
... of human vari- cella virus is Old World simian varicella virus ...to human VZV, with 70% identity ...HSV-1, herpes simplex virus 1; HSV-2, herpes simplex virus 2; ...
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A review of the infection-associated cancers in North African countries
... Epstein-Barr virus; ...B Virus; HCC, Hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV, Hepatitis C Virus; HHV-8, Human herpes virus type 8; HIV-1, Human immunodeficiency ...
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Study on the Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections with Special Preference to Genital Herpes Infection in the High Risk Groups Attending STD Clinic in a Tertiary Care Hospital
... In this prospective study among the high risk groups the female sex workers (57%) were the commonest and most of them are unmarried 106(53%) with predominant heterosexual mode of contact (57%) and 41% had unprotected ...
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RNA-seq comparative analysis of Peking ducks spleen gene expression 24 h post-infected with duck plague virulent or attenuated virus
... of virus as the first innate immune ...sarcoma-associated herpes- virus (KSHV) has been shown to inhibit the function of IFN-γ through depressing the expression of IFNGR1 with the help of K3 and K5 ...
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Human astrovirus infection associated with encephalitis in an immunocompetent child: a case report
... We therefore believe that in the future the possibility of HAstV CNS infection needs to be considered on a routine basis in non-immunocompromised infants and young children with sensitive detection systems covering all ...
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Does herpes zoster predispose to giant cell arteritis: a geo-epidemiologic study
... al. Human parvovirus B19, varicella zoster virus, and human herpes virus 6 in temporal artery biopsy specimens of patients with giant cell arteritis: analysis with quantitative real ...
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