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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus uniquely infects lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs), activating mTORC1 signaling. This infection sensitizes LECs, but not blood endothelial cells (BECs), to rapamycin, due to a specific virus latency program.
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