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ReviewViruses2015

Molecular biology of KSHV lytic reactivation.

Pravinkumar Purushothaman, Timsy Uppal, Subhash C Verma

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Review in Viruses, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Pravinkumar PurushothamanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, 1664 N Virginia Street, MS 320, Reno, NV 89557, USA. pravinp@medicine.nevada.edu.
Timsy UppalDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, 1664 N Virginia Street, MS 320, Reno, NV 89557, USA. tuppal@medicine.nevada.edu.
Subhash C VermaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, 1664 N Virginia Street, MS 320, Reno, NV 89557, USA. scverma@medicine.nevada.edu.

Funding

KSHV Lytic DNA Replication and its Control MechanismR01AI105000 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI VERMA, SUBHASH C · 2013 to 2017
$1.8M
KSHV Genome Replication during Primary InfectionR01CA174459 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI VERMA, SUBHASH C · 2013 to 2017
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS CA174459NCI NIH HHS R01 CA174459NIAID NIH HHS AI105000NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI105000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) primarily persists as a latent episome in infected cells. During latent infection, only a limited number of viral genes are expressed that help to maintain the viral episome and prevent lytic reactivation. The latent KSHV genome persists as a highly ordered chromatin structure with bivalent chromatin marks at the promoter-regulatory region of the major immediate-early gene promoter. Various stimuli can induce chromatin modifications to an active euchromatic epigenetic mark, leading to the expression of genes required for the transition from the latent to the lytic phase of KSHV life cycle. Enhanced replication and transcription activator (RTA) gene expression triggers a cascade of events, resulting in the modulation of various cellular pathways to support viral DNA synthesis. RTA also binds to the origin of lytic DNA replication to recruit viral, as well as cellular, proteins for the initiation of the lytic DNA replication of KSHV. In this review we will discuss some of the pivotal genetic and epigenetic factors that control KSHV reactivation from the transcriptionally restricted latent program.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, ViralHost-Pathogen InteractionsVirus ActivationVirus LatencyHerpesvirus 8, HumanHumans

Identifiers

PMID25594835
PMCPMC4306831

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