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ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2010

Castleman's disease--a two compartment model of HHV8 infection.

Klaus-Martin Schulte, Nadia Talat

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Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Snapshot Look at Castleman Disease.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2026
    Review
  3. Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2025
    Article
  4. Transoral robotic surgery tongue base debulking in Castleman's disease.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2024
    Article
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  9. Human Herpesvirus 8 and Lymphoproliferative Disorders.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2018
    Review
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  11. HHV8-related lymphoid proliferations: a broad spectrum of lesions from reactive lymphoid hyperplasia to overt lymphoma.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2017
    Article
  12. Castleman's disease at parotid gland.Journal of dental sciences · 2017
    Article
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  19. Multicentric Castleman's disease: a challenging diagnosis.Pathology oncology research : POR · 2013
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Klaus-Martin SchulteDepartment of Endocrine Surgery, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK. klaus‑martin.schulte@nhs.net
Nadia Talat
HealthPartners · USKings Health Partners · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Castleman's disease is a primary infectious disease of the lymph node that causes local symptoms or a systemic inflammatory syndrome. Histopathology reveals a destroyed lymph node architecture that can range from hyaline-vascular disease to plasma-cell disease. Viral interleukin 6 (vIL-6) produced during the replication of human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV8) is the key driver of systemic inflammation and cellular proliferation. Stage progression of Castleman's disease results from switches between viral latency and lytic replication, and lymphatic and hematogenous spread. Multicentric plasma-cell disease in HIV-1 patients is associated with HHV8 infection. Polyclonal plasmablast proliferation escapes control in the germinal center with eventual malignant transformation into non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Surgery produces excellent results in unicentric disease, while multicentric disease responds to anti-CD20 therapy or IL-6 and chemotherapy. Lymphovascular endothelium and naive B cells are infectious reservoir-opening options for antiangiogenic and anti-CD19 strategies to enhance outcomes in patients with systemic disease.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsB-LymphocytesCastleman DiseaseDisease ProgressionHerpesviridae InfectionsHerpesvirus 8, HumanHIV InfectionsHumansInterleukin-6Lymph NodesVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsInterleukin-6

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PMID20603649
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