TWiV 359: A Blossom by any other name
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 - coming Monday
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Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts