Distinct gene expression profiles of viral- and nonviral-associated merkel cell carcinoma revealed by transcriptome analysis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 936-945

  Harms, Paul W ^a,b   Patel, Rajiv M ^a,b   Verhaegen, Monique E ^b   Giordano, Thomas J ^a   Nash, Kevin T ^b   Johnson, Craig N ^b   Daignault, Stephanie ^c   Thomas, Dafydd G ^a   Gudjonsson, Johann E ^b   Elder, James T ^b,d   Dlugosz, Andrzej A ^a,b   Johnson, Timothy M ^b   Fullen, Douglas R ^a,b   Bichakjian, Christopher K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84875228564     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.445     Document Type: Article

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