Glutamate secretion and metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 expression during Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection promotes cell proliferation.

Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is etiologically associated with endothelial Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and B-cell proliferative primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), common malignancies seen in immunocompromised HIV-1 infected patients. The progression of these cancers occurs by the...

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Main Authors: Mohanan Valiya Veettil, Dipanjan Dutta, Virginie Bottero, Chirosree Bandyopadhyay, Olsi Gjyshi, Neelam Sharma-Walia, Sujoy Dutta, Bala Chandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-10-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4192595?pdf=render