“…These signaling events mediate several functions, such as activation of the cytoskeleton, endocytosis, gene expression, cell motility, attachment, the cell cycle, cell growth, apoptosis, and differentiation (10,11,19,32,48). During early times of infection, KSHV induces integrin-mediated FAK phosphorylation that is followed by the activation of a variety of focal adhesion-associated signal molecules, such as Src, PI-3K, Rho GTPases (RhoA, Rac, and Cdc42), and Diaphanous 2 (Dia2), as well as several downstream effector molecules, such as AKT, Ezrin, PKC-, MEK, ERK1/2, NF-B, and p38MAPK (4,18,30,35,37,39,41,42,47,49,(50)(51)(52)(53)(55)(56)(57) (Fig. 3).…”