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48) González CM, Wang L, Damania B. KSHV Encodes a Viral Deubiquitinase. J. Virology. 2009 (Manuscript in press)
47) Wen KW, Damania B. Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV): Molecular biology and oncogenesis. Cancer Lett. 2009.
46) Wen, KW, Dittmer, DP and B. Damania.  Disruption of LANA in rhesus rhadinovirus generates a highly lytic recombinant virus. 2009. Journal of Virology (Manuscript in press).
45) Gregory SM, West JA, Dillon PJ, Hilscher C, Dittmer DP, Damania B.  Toll-like receptor signaling controls reactivation of KSHV from latency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jun 29.
This article was highlighted in Science Signaling: L. Bryan Ray. For Whom the Toll-Like Receptor Signals.  Sci. Signal.,Vol. 2, Issue 80, p. ec242
44)  O'Hara AJ, Chugh P, Wang L, Netto EM, Luz E, Harrington WJ, Dezube BJ, Damania B, Dittmer DP. Pre-micro RNA signatures delineate stages of endothelial cell transformation in Kaposi sarcoma. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Apr;5(4). Website: http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000389
43) O'Hara AJ, Wang L, Dezube BJ, Harrington WJ Jr, Damania B, Dittmer DP.  Tumor suppressor micro RNAs are underrepresented in primary effusion lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma.
Blood
. 2009 Feb 27.
42) Wang, L. and B. Damania.  KSHV confers a cell survival advantage to endothelial cells.  Cancer Research. 2008. 68(12):4640-8.
This article was highlighted in Nature Reviews Cancer: Angiogenesis: Survival of the Infected.  Vol.8, page 569 (August 2008).
This article was also featured in the August 2008 Signaling Gateway Highlights section: http://www.signaling-gateway.org/update/updates/200808/index.html
41) Tomlinson, CC and B. Damania.A critical role for endocytosis in the regulation of signaling by the KSHV K1 protein. J. Virology. 2008. 82(13):6514-23.
40) West, J. and B. Damania. Upregulation of the TLR3 pathway by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus during primary infection.  J. Virology. 2008. 82(11):5440-9
39) Nun, T.K., Kroll D.J.,Oberlies,N.H., Soejarto, DD, Case, RJ, Piskaut, P.,Matainaho, T., Hilscher, C., Wang, L., Dittmer, DP., Gao, SJ and B. Damania. Development of a Novel, High Throughput Assay to Screen Anti-Viral Drugs against Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 2007.  Aug;6(8):2360-70.
38) Mark, L. Spiller, Okroj, Chanas, Aitken, Wong,S.,  Damania,B., Blom,H and D. Blackbourn.  Molecular characterization of the Rhesus Rhadinovirus (RRV)  ORF4 gene and the RRV complement control protein (RCP) it encodes. J Virol. 2007 Apr;81(8):4166-76.
37) Hoon-Sin,S., Roy,D., Wang,L., Staudt M.R., Fakhari,FD., Patel,DD. Koon,H., Damania, B. and D.P. Dittmer. Rapamycin is efficacious against primary effusion lymphoma (PEL). Blood. 2007 Mar 1;109(5):2165-73.
36) Damania B.  DNA tumor viruses and human cancer. Trends in Microbiology. 2007.
35) Wang, L., Dittmer, D. P., Tomlinson, C.C., Fakhari, F.D. and B. Damania.  “Immortalization of primary endothelial cells by the K1 protein of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV).
2006. Cancer Research.  66(7):3658-66.

34) Bowser, B.S., Song, M.J., Sun, R., Morris, S. and B. Damania.  “Identification of Multiple Rta Responsive Elements in the KSHV K1 promoter.”  2006. Virology. 348(2):309-27.
33) Gonzalez, C.M., Wong, E.L., Bowser, B.S., Hong, G, Kenney S. and B. Damania. Identification and Characterization of the KSHV Orf49 Protein. 2006. J. Virology. 80(6):3062-70.
32) Wong, E.L. and B. Damania.  Transcriptional Regulation of the Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus K15 Gene. 2006. J. Virology;80 1385-1392.
31) Bilelo, J., Morgan, J. Damania, B., Lang, S, and RC Desrosiers.  A Genetic System for Rhesus Monkey Rhadinovirus: Use of Recombinant Virus to Quantitate Antibody-Mediated Neutralization.  2006. J. Virology;80 1549-1562.
30) Hong, G., Kumar, P., Wang, L., Damania, B., Gulley, M.L., Delecluse H-J., Polverini, P., and S. Kenney. Epstein-Barr Virus Lytic Infection is Required for Efficient Production of the Angiogenesis Factor VEGF in Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines.  J Virol. 2005 79(22):13984-92.
29) Wong, E.L. and B. Damania.  Linking KSHV to Human Cancer.2005. Current Oncology Reports (5):349-356.
28) Dittmer, D.P., Gonzalez C.M., Vahrson, W., DeWire, S.M., and B. Damania.  “Whole-Genome Transcription Profiling of Rhesus Monkey Rhadinovirus.” 2005. Journal of Virology 79: 8637-8650.
27) Cai, W., Lu, S., Zhang, Z., Gonzalez, C.M., Damania B., and B. Cullen.  Kaposi’s sarcoma associated herpesvirus expresses an array of novel viral microRNAs in latently infected cells. 2005.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sciences. 2005. 102(15):5570-5.
26) DeWire, S. and B. Damania. “The Latency-Associated Nuclear Antigen of Rhesus Monkey Rhadinovirus (RRV) Inhibits Viral Replication through Repression of Orf50/Rta Transcriptional Activation.”  J. Virol. 2005. 79; 3127-3138.
25) Payton ME, d'Offay JM, Prado ME, Black DH, Damania B, White GL, Eberle R.  Comparative transmission of multiple herpesviruses and simian virus 40 in a baboon breeding colony. Comp Med. 2004. 54(6):695-704. 
24) Pagano, J.S. Blaser, M. Buendia, M.A., Damania, B., Khalili, K. Raab-Traub, N., Roizman, B. Validation Of A Causal Relationship: Criteria To Establish Etiology of Viral Cancers. Seminars in Cancer Biology. Semin Cancer Biol. 2004. 14(6):453-71.
23) Damania, B.  Oncogenic Gammaherpesviruses: Comparison of Viral Proteins involved in Tumorigenesis.
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2004. Vol. 2, pp.656-668.
22) Damania, B. Modulation of cell signaling pathways by Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8). Cell Biochemistry & Biophysics, 2004.Vol. 40, pp. 305-322
21) Wang, L., Wakisaka N., Tomlinson, C., DeWire S., Krall, S., Pagano, J. and B. Damania. "The Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8) K1 Protein Induces Expression of Angiogenic and Invasion Factors."  Cancer Research.2004. 64. pp.2774-2781.
20) Damania B., J. H. Jeong, B. S. Bowser, S. M. DeWire and D. P. Dittmer. “A Functional Comparison of Rta Transactivator Proteins of Gamma-2 Herpesviruses.” J.Virol. 2004. 78. p.5491-5499.
19) Tomlinson, C.C., and B. Damania.  The K1 Protein of Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Activates the Akt Signaling Pathway.  J. Virol. 2004. 78 (4): 1918-27.
18) O’Connor, C., Damania, B. and Kedes, D.H. Capsid.   De Novo Infection with Rhesus Monkey Rhadinovirus Leads to the Accumulation of Multiple Intranuclear Capsid Species during Lytic Replication but Favors the Release of Genome-Containing Virions.  J Virol. 2003 Dec 15;77(24):13439-13447. 
17) Yu, X.K., O’Connor, C., Atanosov, I., Damania, B., Kedes, D., and Z.H. Zhou.  Three-Dimensional Structures of the A, B, and C Capsids of Rhesus Monkey Rhadinovirus: Insights into Gammaherpesvirus Capsid Assembly, Maturation, and DNA Packaging. J Virol. 2003 Dec 15;77(24):13182-13193.
16) DeWire, S.M., Money, E.S., Krall, S.P., and B. Damania. Rhesus Monkey Rhadinovirus (RRV): Construction of a RRV-GFP Recombinant Virus and the Development of Assays to Assess Viral Replication. 2003. Virology. 312 (1): 122-134.
15) Bowser, B.S., DeWire, S. and B. Damania.  Transcriptional Regulation of the KSHV K1 viral gene of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.  2002.Journal of Virology, 76 (24): 12574-12583.
14) DeWire, S., McVoy,, M., and B. Damania.  Kinetics of Expression of Rhesus Monkey Rhadinovirus (RRV)  and the Identification and Characterization of a polycistronic transcript  encoding  the RRV Orf 50/Rta, RRV R8 and R8.1 genes. 2002.Journal of Virology, 76(19): 9819-9831.
13) Damania, B. and R.C. Desrosiers.  Oncogenic gamma-herpesviruses.  Philosophical Transactions of the  Royal Society.2001.
12) Choi JK, Means R, Damania B., and J.U. Jung. Molecular piracy of Kaposi’s sarcoma associated herpesvirus.2001. Cytokine and Growth Factor Rev. 12(2-3):245-257.
11) Damania, B and J.U. Jung.  Comparative analysis of the transforming mechanisms of Epstein-Barr virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, and Herpesvirus saimiri.
 2000. Advances in Cancer Research, 80:51-82.
10) Li, M., Damania, B. Alvarez, X.,  Ogryko, G., Ozato, K., and J.U. Jung.  The Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus vIRF gene inhibits histone acetyltransferases.   Molecular & Cellular Biology. 20(21):8254-63. 2000.
9) Lee, B.S., Damania, B., and J.U. Jung. The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus K1 and Rhesus Monkey Rhadinovirus R1 proteins. EBV Report. 1999.  Vol. 6 (5), pp. 123-125.
8) Alexander, L., Denekamp, L., Auerbach, M., Knappe, A., Damania, B. and R.C. Desrosiers. Sequence analysis of Rhesus Rhadinovirus Isolate H26-95.Journal of Virology, 2000 76 (8).
7) Damania, B. DeMaria, M., Jung, J.U. and R.C. Desrosiers  Activation of lymphocyte signaling by the R1 protein of Rhesus monkey rhadinovirus.Journal of Virology, 2000 (76)6.
6) Damania, B., Choi, J.K. and Jung J.U.  Gammaherpesviruses: Transforming functions of the first open reading frames. J. Virol. 1999.Journal of Virology, 2000. 76 (4).
5) Damania, B. Lee, H. and Jung, J.U.  Primate herpesviral oncogenes.  Mol. Cells, 1999.  Vol.  9 (4), pp. 20-24.
4)  Damania B, Li M, Choi JK, Alexander L, Jung JU, Desrosiers RC. Identification and characterization of the R1 oncogene and its protein  product  from the rhadinovirus of rhesus monkeys. J. Virol., 1999.  Vol.  73(6), pp. 5123-5133.
3) Damania B, Lieberman P, Alwine JC. Simian virus 40 large T antigen stabilizes the TATA-binding protein-TFIIA complex on the TATA element. Mol Cell Biol. 1998 Jul;18(7):3926-35.
2) Damania B, Mital R, Alwine JC.  Simian virus 40 large T antigen interacts with human TFIIB-related factor and small nuclear RNA-activating protein complex for transcriptional activation of TATA-containing polymerase III promoters. Mol Cell Biol. 1998 Mar;18(3):1331-8. 
1) Damania B, Alwine JC.  TAF-like function of SV40 large T antigen. Genes Dev. 1996 Jun 1;10(11):1369-81. 


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