IL-6 produced by prostate epithelial cells stimulated with Trichomonas vaginalis promotes proliferation of prostate cancer cells by inducing M2 polarization of THP-1-derived macrophages

• Ik-Hwan Han,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology and Medical Parasitology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Hyun-Ouk Song,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea

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• Jae-Sook Ryu

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jsryu@hanyang.ac.kr

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology and Medical Parasitology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9145-7900

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