Up-Regulation of miR-21 Is Associated with Cervicitis and Human Papillomavirus Infection in Cervical Tissues

• Sureewan Bumrungthai,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, HPV & EBV and carcinogenesis Research Group, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Tipaya Ekalaksananan,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, HPV & EBV and carcinogenesis Research Group, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Mark Francis Evans,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

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• Peechanika Chopjitt,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, HPV & EBV and carcinogenesis Research Group, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Thumwadee Tangsiriwatthana,

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Khon Kaen Hospital, Khon Kaen, Thailand, HPV & EBV and carcinogenesis Research Group, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Natcha Patarapadungkit,

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, HPV & EBV and carcinogenesis Research Group, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Pilaiwan Kleebkaow,

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, HPV & EBV and carcinogenesis Research Group, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Sanguanchoke Luanratanakorn,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Bunkerd Kongyingyoes,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Suchin Worawichawong,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Chamsai Pientong

  * E-mail: chapie@kku.ac.th

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, HPV & EBV and carcinogenesis Research Group, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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