Episode Details

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Blossom Damania

Vincent speaks with Blossom about her laboratory's research on Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, including how it transforms cells, the switch between lytic and latent replication, and its interaction with the innate immune system of the host.

Links for this episode

• Damania Laboratory
• Modulation of cGAS-STING by KSHV (PNAS)
• KSHV vIRF1 interacts with ISG15 pathway member (J Virol)
• KSHV NLR homolog inhibits inflammasome (Science)
• KSHV inhibition of PI3K and mTOR (Blood)
• KSHV confers survival advantage to endothelial cells (Cancer Res)
• UNC Global Oncology Program
• Blossom on Twitter
• Video of this episode - view at YouTube

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