Enhanced IL-6/IL-6R Signaling Promotes Growth and Malignant Properties in EBV-Infected Premalignant and Cancerous Nasopharyngeal Epithelial Cells

• Guitao Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guitao Zhang, Chi Man Tsang

  Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Chi Man Tsang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guitao Zhang, Chi Man Tsang

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China

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• Wen Deng,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China

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• Yim Ling Yip,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China

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• Vivian Wai-Yan Lui,

  Affiliation Department of Otoloaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Sze Chuen Cesar Wong,

  Affiliation Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China

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• Annie Lai-Man Cheung,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China

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• Pok Man Hau,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China

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• Musheng Zeng,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Maria Li Lung,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China

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• Honglin Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China

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• Kwok Wai Lo,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Kenzo Takada,

  Affiliation Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Sai Wah Tsao

  * E-mail: gswtsao@hkucc.hku.hk

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China

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