Abstract
We studied the presence of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus sequences in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) isolated from the blood of patients with AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and primary effusion lymphoma (PEL). The use of paramagnetic beads linked to methyl-CpG binding domain protein allowed separation of virion and cell-derived DNA. Only virion DNA was detected in the blood of KS patients, whereas cell-derived DNA was detected in a patient with AIDS-related PEL. The difference in the origins of cfDNA in these settings may in part reflect very different proliferative indices in KS and PEL tumor tissue.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1095-1099 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 205 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Apr 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support. This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (P50CA96888, U01CA121947, P30CA006973, P01CA113239). Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.
