ABSENCE OF HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-8 GENOMES IN CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS INIMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENTS

Authors
YE DS NICHOLS TC DEHMER GJ TATE DA WEHBIE RS QUINLIVAN EB
Citation
Ds. Ye et al., ABSENCE OF HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-8 GENOMES IN CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS INIMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENTS, The American journal of cardiology, 79(9), 1997, pp. 1245
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:9<1245:AOHHGI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Human herpevirus 8 (HHV8) has been localized to the endothelial and sp indle cells of KS, suggesting a role for HHV8 in atherosclerosis. None of the 38 coronary atherectomy specimens contained HHV8 with both sen sitive nested PCR assays, making it unlikely that persistent viral inf ection with HHV8 plays a role in coronary atherogenesis in the general population of the United States.