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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-8
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies indicated that the Tat protein of HIV functions as a progression factor in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), an angioproliferative disease common and aggressive in HIV-1-infected individuals (AIDS-KS). In particular, Tat that is released by infected cells stimulates the growth and invasion of spindle cells of endothelial origin derived from KS lesions (KS cells). Other work suggested that inflammatory cytokines may act as initiating factors in KS since they induce normal endothelial cells to acquire the same phenotype and functional features of KS cells, including the responsiveness to Tat. In this study, we show that among the inflammatory cytokines increased in AIDS-KS lesions, IFN-gamma alone is sufficient to induce endothelial cells to proliferate and to invade the extracellular matrix in response to Tat. This is because IFN-gamma up-regulates the expression and activity of the receptors for Tat identified as the integrins alpha5beta1 and alpha(v)beta3. These results suggest that, by triggering Tat effects, IFN-gamma plays a major role in AIDS-KS pathogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
162
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1165-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Extracellular Matrix, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Gene Products, tat, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Growth Substances, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Receptors, Fibronectin, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Receptors, Virus, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Receptors, Vitronectin, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Sarcoma, Kaposi, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Umbilical Veins, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:9916748-tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
IFN-gamma induces endothelial cells to proliferate and to invade the extracellular matrix in response to the HIV-1 Tat protein: implications for AIDS-Kaposi's sarcoma pathogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't