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ArticleScientific reports2025

Integrative functional genomics analysis of Kaposi sarcoma cohorts.

Ezequiel Lacunza, Valeria Fink, Julián Naipauer, María E Salas, Ana M Gun, Mary J Goldman, Jingchun Zhu, Sion Williams, María I Figueroa, Pedro Cahn and 4 more

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14 authors.

Ezequiel LacunzaCINIBA, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
Valeria FinkDirección de Investigaciones, Fundación Huésped, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Julián NaipauerInstituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
María E SalasCINIBA, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
Ana M GunDirección de Investigaciones, Fundación Huésped, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mary J GoldmanUC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Jingchun ZhuUC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Sion WilliamsSylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
María I FigueroaDirección de Investigaciones, Fundación Huésped, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Pedro CahnDirección de Investigaciones, Fundación Huésped, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Omar CosoInstituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ethel CesarmanDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Juan C RamosSylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
Martín C AbbaCINIBA, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina. mcabba@gmail.com.

Funding

Tumor Biology Research ProgramP30CA240139 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Stephen D. Nimer · 2019 to 2026
$24.1M
Enhance UCSC Xena: extend interactive visualization to ultra-large-scale multi-omics data and integrate with analysis resourcesU24CA258407 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI HAUSSLER, DAVID H, ZHU, JINGCHUN · 2021 to 2025
$3.8M
UM CFAR SCCC Argentina Consortium for research and training in Virally Induced AIDS MalignanciesU54CA221208 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI COSO, OMAR ADRIAN · 2017 to 2022
$3.3M
Enhance UCSC Xena Browser to Visualize Single Cell Cancer Moonshot dataR33CA263703 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI ZHU, JINGCHUN · 2021 to 2021
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA240139NCI NIH HHS R33 CA263703NCI NIH HHS U24 CA258407NCI NIH HHS U54 CA221208NCI NIH HHS U54CA221208the National University of La Plata M250 I+D grantUS P30CA2401399
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is an AIDS-defining cancer and a significant global health challenge caused by KS-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). NGS-based approaches have profiled KS lesions in a minimal number of studies compared with other neoplastic diseases. Here we present a compiled and harmonized dataset of 131 KS and non-tumor cutaneous samples in the context of their predicted pathway activities, immune infiltrate, KSHV and HIV gene expression profiles, and their associated clinical data representing patient populations from Argentina, United States (USA), and Sub-Saharan Africa cohorts. RNA-seq data from 9 Argentinian KS lesions were generated and integrated with previously published datasets derived from the USA and sub-Saharan African cohorts from Tanzania, Zambia, and Uganda. An unsupervised analysis of 131 KS-related samples allowed us to identify four KS clusters based on their host and KSHV gene expression profiles, immune infiltrate, and the activity of specific signaling pathways. The compiled RNA-seq profile is shared with the research community through the UCSC Xena browser for further visualization, download, and analysis ( https://kaposi.xenahubs.net/ ). These resources will allow biologists without bioinformatics knowledge to explore and correlate the host and viral transcriptome in a curated dataset of different KS RNA-seq-based cohorts, which can lead to novel biological insights and biomarker discovery.

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GenomicsHerpesvirus 8, HumanSarcoma, KaposiCohort StudiesFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleRNA-SeqTranscriptomeKaposi’s sarcomaRNAseqTranscriptomeXena browser

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PMID41073438
PMCPMC12514283

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