Virologic, hematologic, and immunologic risk factors for classic Kaposi sarcoma

Elizabeth E. Brown; Denise Whitby; Francesco Vitale; Vickie Marshall; Georgina Mbisa; Christine Gamache; Carmela Lauria; Anthony J. Alberg; Diego Serraino; Paola Cordiali-Fei; Angelo Messina; James J. Goedert

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Virologic, hematologic, and immunologic risk factors for classic Kaposi sarcoma

Elizabeth E. Brown, Denise Whitby, Francesco Vitale, Vickie Marshall, Georgina Mbisa, Christine Gamache, Carmela Lauria, Anthony J. Alberg, Diego Serraino, Paola Cordiali-Fei, Angelo Messina, James J. Goedert

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BACKGROUND. Classic Kaposi sarcoma (CKS) is an inflammatory-mediated neoplasm that develops in the presence of KS-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and immune perturbation. In the current study, the authors compared CKS cases with age-matched and sex-matched KSHV-seropositive controls without human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection and markers of viral control, blood counts, CD4-positive and CD8-positive lymphocytes, and serum β-2-microglobulin and neopterin levels. METHODS. Viral loads were detected using real-time amplification of the KSHV-K6 and EBV-pol genes, anti-K8.1 (lytic) titers were detected by enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay, and antilatent nuclear antigen (LANA) titers were detected using immunofluorescence. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated using logistic regression adjusted for sex, age, and study site. RESULTS. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) KSHV DNA detection (P ≤ .0001) and high KSHV lytic (>1:1745; P ≤ .0001) and latent (>1:102,400; P = .03) antibody titers were found to be positively associated with CKS risk. Antibody titers were higher in cases with lesions compared with cases without lesions (P ≤ .05). The detection of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in PBMCs was not found to be associated with CKS (P = .95). Independent of PBMC KSHV DNA, CKS risk was found to be positively associated with reduced hematocrit (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2282-2290
Number of pages	9
Journal	Cancer
Volume	107
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.22236
Publication status	Published - Nov 1 2006

Keywords

Biomarker
Human herpesvirus-8
Immunity
Kaposi sarcoma
Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

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Oncology

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Virologic, hematologic, and immunologic risk factors for classic Kaposi sarcoma. / Brown, Elizabeth E.; Whitby, Denise; Vitale, Francesco; Marshall, Vickie; Mbisa, Georgina; Gamache, Christine; Lauria, Carmela; Alberg, Anthony J.; Serraino, Diego; Cordiali-Fei, Paola; Messina, Angelo; Goedert, James J.

In: Cancer, Vol. 107, No. 9, 01.11.2006, p. 2282-2290.

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