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SUBMITTER: Vogt D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6961814 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vogt Daniel D Zaver Shivam S Ranjan Alice A DiMaio Terri T Gounder Anshu P AP Smith Jason G JG Lagunoff Michael M
Virology 20191125
During DNA virus infections, detection of cytosolic DNA by the cGAS-STING pathway leads to activation of IFN-β. Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpesvirus (KSHV), an oncogenic DNA virus, is the etiological agent of Kaposi's Sarcoma, an endothelial cell (EC)-based tumor. To investigate the role of STING during KSHV infection of primary ECs we identified a primary lymphatic EC sample that is defective for STING activation and we also knocked out STING in blood ECs. Ablation of STING in EC does not increase susc ...[more]