Cancer Letters
Volume 299, Issue 1 , Pages 29-36 , 18 December 2010

MicroRNA-10b induced by Epstein-Barr virus-encoded latent membrane protein-1 promotes the metastasis of human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

  • Gang Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
    • Gang Li and Zhengrong Wu made equal contributions to this study.
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  • Zhengrong Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
    • Gang Li and Zhengrong Wu made equal contributions to this study.
    • ,
  • Ying Peng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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  • Xiong Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
    • ,
  • Juan Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
    • ,
  • Lu Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
    • ,
  • Qiuhui Pan

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
    • ,
  • Min-Liang He

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • ,
  • Xiang-Ping Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 20 61642001.

Received 22 May 2010 ,Revised 21 July 2010 ,Accepted 23 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2010.07.021

Cancer Letters
Volume 299, Issue 1 , Pages 29-36 , 18 December 2010

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