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ReviewPediatric blood & cancer2016

Kaposi Sarcoma of Childhood: Inborn or Acquired Immunodeficiency to Oncogenic HHV-8.

Carolyn C Jackson, Mark A Dickson, Mahan Sadjadi, Antoine Gessain, Laurent Abel, Emmanuelle Jouanguy, Jean-Laurent Casanova

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Review in Pediatric blood & cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Carolyn C JacksonSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York.
Mark A DicksonDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
Mahan SadjadiSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York.
Antoine GessainUnit of Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Oncogenic Viruses, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Laurent AbelSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York.
Emmanuelle JouanguySt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York.
Jean-Laurent CasanovaSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is an endothelial malignancy caused by human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8) infection. The epidemic and iatrogenic forms of childhood KS result from a profound and acquired T cell deficiency. Recent studies have shown that classic KS of childhood can result from rare single-gene inborn errors of immunity, with mutations in WAS, IFNGR1, STIM1, and TNFRSF4. The pathogenesis of the endemic form of childhood KS has remained elusive. We review childhood KS pathogenesis and its relationship to inherited and acquired immunodeficiency to oncogenic HHV-8.

Indexed as

ChildGenetic Diseases, InbornHerpesvirus 8, HumanHumansImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesInterferon gamma ReceptorMembrane ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsReceptors, InterferonReceptors, OX40Sarcoma, KaposiStromal Interaction Molecule 1Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome ProteinInterferon gamma ReceptorMembrane ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsReceptors, InterferonReceptors, OX40STIM1 protein, humanStromal Interaction Molecule 1TNFRSF4 protein, humanWAS protein, humanWiskott-Aldrich Syndrome ProteinchildrenHHV-8human herpes virus-8Kaposi sarcomapediatric

Identifiers

PMID26469702
PMCPMC4984265

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