Question

Chapter 16 - Skin - choose 1, can not choose a topic if already done. Explain what it is, do a little research beyond what is in the book. You must respond to at least 2 of your classmates and it should be done in a question format. 1. Mohs micrographic surgery 2. Kaposi sarcoma 3. Fungal test versus bacterial analysis 4. Layers of the skin 5. The two glands in skin 6. Melanocytes 7. Onycholysis 8. Sebaceous glands versus sweat glands 9. Leukoplakia 10. Epidermolysis 11. Pyoderma 12, Pustule versus papule 13. Wheal versus vesicle 14. Gangrene 15. Erythema infectiosum 16. Cellulitis

Answer 1

Kaposi sarcoma(KS)
It is cancer with symptoms of patches of abnormal tissue under the skin, nose, mouth, throat and in lymph nodes or organs. It appears red or purple and this is cancer cell due to human herpes virus-8(HHV-8). when people have a week immune system they are more prone to this disease.
Kaposi sarcoma is differently expressed genes identified in Kaposi sarcoma herpes virus infection that serve as biomarkers and therapeutic targets help to make understand the molecular mechanism of KS. For treating Kaposi sarcoma scientific research that focuses on preventing the disease, checking the immune point that inhibits the Kaposi sarcoma. Immunotherapy for HHV8 that eliminates Kaposi sarcoma.
what may the different between smallpox virus and Kaposi sarcoma to infect host cells?
Receptor-related interaction membrane fusion that exact viral protein and cellular protein interaction that make difference and how this both are unrelated.
How to treat Kaposi sarcoma in the case of immunocompromised patients?
Initiation of high active antiviral therapy reduces the CD4 count and suppresses the HHV8 virus.