Promoter Hypermethylation and Decreased Expression of Syncytin-1 in Pancreatic Adenocarcinomas

• Qinsheng Lu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qinsheng Lu, Jinping Li

  Affiliations Department of Histology and Embryology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China, Department of Biomedical Science, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA, United States of America

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• Jinping Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qinsheng Lu, Jinping Li

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Science, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA, United States of America

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• Christopher Senkowski,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA, United States of America

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• Zuoqing Tang,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Jianhao Wang,

  Affiliation School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Tianhe Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA, United States of America

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• Xue Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA, United States of America

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• Karen Terry,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA, United States of America

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• Steven Brower,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery & Surgical Oncology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Wayne Glasgow,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA, United States of America

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• Haibin Chen ,

  * E-mail: Jiang_S@mercer.edu (SWJ); chenhb@stu.edu.cn (HC)

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Shi-Wen Jiang

  * E-mail: Jiang_S@mercer.edu (SWJ); chenhb@stu.edu.cn (HC)

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Science, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA, United States of America

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