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 Twitte r Video of this episode - view at YouTube Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]