Comparison of LANA1 and LANA2 Expression

Comparison of LANA1 and LANA2 expression in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), Castleman's disease (CD) and primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) tissues. Note that LANA1 is expressed in all KSHV-infected tissues but LANA2 has an expression pattern restricted to hematopoietic tissues. Figre 4. vIRF-1 (ORFK9) expression in BCBL1 tissue culture cells. vIRF-1 shuttles between the cytoplasm and the nucleus as shown in these two cells. Although vIRF-1 is readily seen in PEL tissue culture cell lines, it is rarely expressed in PEL tumors. It is expressed in Castleman's disease tumors.