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ReviewAdvances in virus research2014

KSHV: pathways to tumorigenesis and persistent infection.

Louise Giffin, Blossom Damania

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In one paragraph

Review in Advances in virus research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed
38.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 143 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Inflammasomes and autophagy in cancer: unlocking targeted therapies.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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  8. The cancer microbiome.Advances in clinical chemistry · 2025
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  10. Regulatory role of microRNAs in virus-mediated inflammation.Journal of inflammation (London, England) · 2024
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  14. Detection ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  16. Hypoxia and HIF-1α promote lyticJournal of virology · 2023
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  19. mViruses · 2023
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24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Louise GiffinLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Blossom DamaniaLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Electronic address: damania@med.unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Vironomics and Biostatistics CoreP01CA019014 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BLOSSOM A DAMANIA, NANCY JOAN RAAB-TRAUB · 1985 to 2026
$43.8M
Role of KSHV Viral Proteins in Signaling and PathogenesisR01CA096500 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DAMANIA, BLOSSOM A · 2002 to 2022
$6.0M
CANCER CELL BIOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32CA071341 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CHANNING J. DER, Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta · 1996 to 2026
$5.0M
Innate Immunity and KSHVR01DE018281 · NIDCR · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DAMANIA, BLOSSOM A · 2007 to 2016
$3.5M
NCI NIH HHS CA019014NCI NIH HHS CA096500NCI NIH HHS P01 CA019014NCI NIH HHS R01 CA096500NCI NIH HHS T32 CA071341NCI NIH HHS T32CA071341NIDCR NIH HHS DE018281NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE018281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8) is the etiologic agent of Kaposi's sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma, and multicentric Castleman's disease. These cancers often occur in the context of immunosuppression, which has made KSHV-associated malignancies an increasing global health concern with the persistence of the AIDS epidemic. KSHV has also been linked to several acute inflammatory diseases. KSHV exists between a lytic and latent lifecycle, which allows the virus to transition between active replication and quiescent infection. KSHV encodes a number of proteins and small RNAs that are thought to inadvertently transform host cells while performing their functions of helping the virus persist in the infected host. KSHV also has an arsenal of components that aid the virus in evading the host immune response, which help the virus establish a successful lifelong infection. In this comprehensive chapter, we will discuss the diseases associated with KSHV infection, the biology of latent and lytic infection, and individual proteins and microRNAs that are known to contribute to host cell transformation and immune evasion.

Indexed as

CarcinogenesisHost-Pathogen InteractionsImmune EvasionVirus LatencyHerpesvirus 8, HumanHumansHHV8Kaposi's sarcomaKSHVLatency locusLytic replicationMulticentric Castleman's diseasePrimary effusion lymphomaViral immune evasionViral oncogenes

Identifiers

PMID24373311
PMCPMC4104069
OpenAlexW106947309

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