Host cell factors play a critical role in the establishment and maintenance of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). We outline methods to identify host cell factors altered in KSHV-infected DMVEC cells, and in KS tumor tissue. Cellular genes altered by virus will serve as potential target(s) for novel therapeutics.
Alcendor, D., Knobel, S. Identifying Dysregulated Genes Induced by Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus (KSHV). J. Vis. Exp. (43), e2078, doi:10.3791/2078 (2010).