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The human herpesvirus-type 8 is not involved in malignant melanoma
1Universitäts-Hautklinik Heidelberg, Germany.
British Journal of Cancer
|July 2, 1999
Abstract:
Malignant melanomas were supposed to harbour the human herpesvirus-type 8 (HHV-8) genome, as melanoma cells were reported to express interleukin-6 and a homologue of interleukin-6 was found in the HHV-8 genome. We therefore investigated 33 primary malignant melanomas by polymerase chain reaction, but could not find this tumorigenic gamma-herpesvirus in any tumour.