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Nature Genetics 36, 683–685 (1 July 2004) | doi:10.1038/ng1383

Lymphatic reprogramming of blood vascular endothelium by Kaposi sarcoma|[ndash]|associated herpesvirus

Young-Kwon Hong , Kimberly Foreman , Jay W Shin , Satoshi Hirakawa , Christine L Curry , David R Sage , Towia Libermann , Bruce J Dezube , Joyce D Fingeroth & Michael Detmar

Kaposi sarcoma is considered a neoplasm of lymphatic endothelium infected with Kaposi sarcoma–associated herpesvirus. It is characterized by the expression of lymphatic lineage–specific genes by Kaposi sarcoma tumor cells.