Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Small T Antigen Induces Cancer and Embryonic Merkel Cell Proliferation in a Transgenic Mouse Model

• Masahiro Shuda ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiro Shuda, Anna Guastafierro

  Affiliation Cancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Anna Guastafierro ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiro Shuda, Anna Guastafierro

  Current address: University Hospital Cologne, CECAD Research Center, Cologne, Germany

  Affiliation Cancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Xuehui Geng,

  Affiliation Richard King Mellon Institute for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Yoko Shuda,

  Affiliation Cancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Stephen M. Ostrowski,

  Current address: Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Stefan Lukianov,

  Affiliation Cancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Frank J. Jenkins,

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

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• Kord Honda,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Stephen M. Maricich ,

  * E-mail: stephen.maricich@chp.edu (SMM); psm9@pitt.edu (PSM); yc70@pitt.edu (YC)

  Affiliation Richard King Mellon Institute for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Patrick S. Moore ,

  * E-mail: stephen.maricich@chp.edu (SMM); psm9@pitt.edu (PSM); yc70@pitt.edu (YC)

  Affiliation Cancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Yuan Chang

  * E-mail: stephen.maricich@chp.edu (SMM); psm9@pitt.edu (PSM); yc70@pitt.edu (YC)

  Affiliation Cancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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