Downregulation of IFNG in CD4⁺ T Cells in Lung Cancer through Hypermethylation: A Possible Mechanism of Tumor-Induced Immunosuppression

• Fang Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fang Wang, Jian Xu, Quan Zhu

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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• Jian Xu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fang Wang, Jian Xu, Quan Zhu

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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• Quan Zhu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fang Wang, Jian Xu, Quan Zhu

  Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Xuejun Qin,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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• Yan Cao,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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• Jiangfang Lou,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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• Yuqiao Xu,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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• Xing Ke,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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• Qing Li,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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• Erfu Xie,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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• Lixia Zhang,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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• Ruihong Sun,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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• Liang Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Bingliang Fang,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Shiyang Pan

  * E-mail: sypan@njmu.edu.cn

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing, China

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