The inflammatory component of Kaposi sarcoma

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-165

  Pantanowitz, Liron ^a   Moses, Ashlee V ^b   Dezube, Bruce J ^c  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic cell; Granuloma; HHV8; Immunity; Inflammation; KSHV

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KAPOSI SARCOMA; NONHUMAN; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS;

GRANULOMA; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 70349295159     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Bedani P.L., Risichella I.S., Strumia R., et al. Kaposi's sarcoma in renal transplant recipients: pathogenetic relation between the reduced density of Langerhans cells and cyclosporin-A therapy. J. Nephrol. 12 (1999) 193-196
2. Bower M., Nelson M., Young A.M., Thirlwell C., Newsom-Davis T., Mandalia S., Dhillon T., Holmes P., Gazzard B.G., and Stebbing J. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with Kaposi's sarcoma. J. Clin. Oncol. 23 (2005) 5224-5228
3. Brincker H. Sarcoid reactions in malignant tumours. Cancer Treat. Rev. 13 (1986) 147-156
4. Brown E.E., Whitby D., Vitale F., Marshall V., Mbisa G., Gamache C., Lauria C., Alberg A.J., Serraino D., Cordiali-Fei P., Messina A., and Goedert J.J. Virologic, hematologic, and immunologic risk factors for classic Kaposi sarcoma. Cancer 107 (2006) 2282-2290
5. Clifford K.S., and Demierre M.F. Progression of classic Kaposi's sarcoma with rituximab. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 53 (2005) 155-157
6. Dayan A.D., and Lewis P.D. Origin of Kaposi's sarcoma from the reticulo-endothelial system. Nature 213 (1967) 889-890
7. Della Bella S., Nicola S., Brambilla L., et al. Quantitative and functional defects of dendritic cells in classic Kaposi's sarcoma. Clin. Immunol. 119 (2006) 317-329
8. Dezube B.J. The role of human immunodeficiency virus-I in the pathogenesis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related Kaposi's sarcoma: the importance of an inflammatory and angiogenic milieu. Semin. Oncol. 27 (2000) 420-423
9. Douglas J.L., Gustin J.K., Dezube B., Pantanowitz J.L., and Moses A.V. Kaposi's sarcoma: a model of both malignancy and chronic inflammation. Panminerva Med. 49 (2007) 119-138
10. Glassman S.J., and Hale M.J. Cutaneous cryptococcosis and Kaposi's sarcoma occurring in the same lesions in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Clin. Exp. Dermatol. 20 (1995) 480-486
11. Gray M.H., Trimble C.L., Zirn J., McNutt N.S., Smoller B.R., and Varghese M. Relationship of factor XIIIa-positive dermal dendrocytes to Kaposi's sarcoma. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 115 (1991) 791-796
12. Grayson W., and Pantanowitz L. Histological variants of cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma. Diagn. Pathol. 25 3 (2008) 31
13. Hussein M.R. Immunohistological evaluation of immune cell infiltrate in cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma. Cell Biol. Int. 32 (2008) 157-162
14. Kanitakis J., and Roca-Miralles M. Factor-XIIIa-expressing dermal dendrocytes in Kaposi's sarcoma. A comparison between classical and immunosuppression associated types. Virchows Arch. A Pathol. Anat. Histopathol. 420 (1992) 227-231
15. Krown S.E., Metroka C., and Wernz J.C. Kaposi's sarcoma in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome: a proposal for uniform evaluation, response, and staging criteria. AIDS Clinical Trials Group Oncology Committee. J. Clin. Oncol. 7 (1989) 1201-1207
16. Kurata A., Terado Y., Schulz A., Fujioka Y., and Franke F.E. Inflammatory cells in the formation of tumor-related sarcoid reactions. Hum. Pathol. 36 (2005) 546-554
17. Liang C., Lee J.S., and Jung J.U. Immune evasion in Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus associated oncogenesis. Semin. Cancer Biol. 18 (2008) 423-436
18. Nasti G., Talamini R., Antinori A., Martellotta F., Jacchetti G., Chiodo F., Ballardini G., Stoppini L., Di Perri G., Mena M., Tavio M., Vaccher E., D'Arminio Monforte A., and Tirelli U. AIDS Clinical Trial Group Staging System in the HAART Era - the Italian Cooperative Group on AIDS and Tumors and the Italian Cohort of Patients Naive from Antiretrovirals. AIDS-related Kaposi's Sarcoma: evaluation of potential new prognostic factors and assessment of the AIDS Clinical Trial Group Staging System in the HAART Era - the Italian Cooperative Group on AIDS and Tumors and the Italian Cohort of Patients Naive From Antiretrovirals. J. Clin. Oncol. 21 (2003) 2876-2882
19. Pantanowitz L., and Dezube B.J. Kaposi's sarcoma and pemphigus. J. Eur. Acad. Dermatol. Venereol. 21 (2007) 571-572
20. Pantanowitz L., and Dezube B.J. Expert Commentary: Kaposi's sarcoma: progression, exacerbation and regression. Cancer Research Journal 2 (2008) 111-121
21. Pantanowitz L., Dezube B.J., and Pinkus G.S. Dendritic cells in the pathogenesis of Kaposi's sarcoma. Blood 102 (2003) 281a-282a
22. Pantanowitz L., Dezube B.J., Pinkus G.S., and Tahan S.R. Histological characterization of regression in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related Kaposi's sarcoma. J. Cutan. Pathol. 31 (2004) 26-34
23. Stebbing J., Powles T., and Bower M. AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma associated with a low viral load and a high CD4 cell count. AIDS 22 (2008) 551-552
24. Sullivan R., Dezube B.J., and Koon H.B. Signal transduction targets in Kaposi's sarcoma. Curr. Opin. Oncol. 18 (2006) 456-462
25. Yarchoan R., and Davis D.A. Development of Kaposi's sarcoma at the site of a biopsy. N. Engl. J. Med. 347 (2002) 763-764
26. EMP-D-09-00047 Authors' names, in press. Classic Kaposi sarcoma with sarcoid-like granulomas: a case report and literature review. Exp. Mol. Pathol.