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According to a study from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, "Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a common infection in adults (seropositive 60-99% globally), and is associated with cardiovascular diseases, in line [...]

"Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a very rare type of lymphoma usually confined to the body cavities predominantly in immunosupressed patients infected with human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8). The new [...]

According to a study from the United States, "Experimental data suggested that exposure to recreational drugs might adversely affect antitumor immunity, which led us to examine the hypothesis that use [...]

According to recent research published in the Journal of Virology, "Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is the etiological agent of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). HHV-8 encodes an antiapoptotic viral Fas-associated death domain-like [...]

Fresh data on lymphoma are presented in the report 'Plasmablastic lymphoma: CNS involvement, coexistence of other malignancies, possible viral etiology, and dismal outcome.' "The clinical and pathological findings of plasmablastic [...]

"Human herpesvirus (HHV)-8 has been demonstrated to be involved in the pathogenesis of Kaposi's sarcoma, body cavity lymphomas, multicentric Castleman disease, and, more recently, acute bone marrow failure. In order [...]

"Infection with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is common among men who have sex with men (MSM) in North America and Europe and is also found to be endemic in some [...]

A report, 'Mortality among HIV-1- and human herpesvirus type 8-affected mother-infant pairs in Zambia,' is newly published data in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. "To determine the respective trends in [...]

"Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is the etiological agent of Kaposi's sarcoma. We present a localization map of 85 HHV-8-encoded proteins in mammalian cells," scientists writing in the Journal of Virology [...]

"The Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling cascade has been demonstrated to be constitutively activated in several malignancies, including Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8)-associated primary effusion lymphoma (PEL). [...]

"Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection is associated with the development of Kaposi's sarcoma and primary effusion lymphoma. The cloning of the HHV-8 genome into a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) allows [...]

Scientists discuss in 'Desensitization of herpesvirus-encoded G protein-coupled receptors' new findings in herpesvirus. According to a study from the United States, "Members of the herpesvirus family, including human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) [...]

"Castleman's disease (CD) is an unusual massive proliferation of lymphoid tissue distinct in two clinical forms, localized and multicentric. The multicentric form has been related to human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), [...]

A new study, 'The viral interferon-regulatory factor-3 is required for the survival of KSHV-infected primary effusion lymphoma cells,' is now available (see also Lymphoma). "Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8), also known as [...]

"'Background (see also HIV/AIDS Co-Infection). Immunocompromized individuals, such as patients with end-stage renal disease, transplant recipients, and HIV-infected patients, are at increased risk of acquiring human herpesvirus (HHV)-8 associated infectious [...]

Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) was identified in a skin tumor of a patient with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection. The finding should provoke additional investigation about the [...]

Clinical-grade functional bone marrow dendritic cells from most patients with multiple myeloma do not harbor Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus DNA, researchers showed. This makes it possible to use the cells in [...]