Targeted deep sequencing of plasma circulating cell-free DNA reveals Vimentin and Fibulin 1 as potential epigenetic biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma

• Reetta Holmila ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Reetta Holmila, Zdenko Herceg, Andre Nogueira da Costa

  * E-mail: rholmila@wakehealth.edu (RH); andre.dacosta@ucb.com (ANdC); HercegZ@iarc.fr (ZH)

  Current address: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

  Affiliation Epigenetics group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

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• Athena Sklias,

  Affiliation Epigenetics group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

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• David C. Muller,

  Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

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• Davide Degli Esposti,

  Affiliation Epigenetics group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

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• Paule Guilloreau,

  Affiliation Croix-Rousse Hospital, Lyon, France

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• James Mckay,

  Affiliation Genetic Cancer Susceptibility group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

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• Suleeporn Sangrajrang,

  Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology Section, National Cancer Institute, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Petcharin Srivatanakul,

  Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology Section, National Cancer Institute, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Pierre Hainaut,

  Affiliation Institut Albert Bonniot, INSERM Unité 823, La Tronche, France

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• Philippe Merle,

  Affiliations Croix-Rousse Hospital, Lyon, France, UMR INSERM 1052, CRCL, Lyon, France

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• Zdenko Herceg ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Reetta Holmila, Zdenko Herceg, Andre Nogueira da Costa

  * E-mail: rholmila@wakehealth.edu (RH); andre.dacosta@ucb.com (ANdC); HercegZ@iarc.fr (ZH)

  Affiliation Epigenetics group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

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• Andre Nogueira da Costa

  Contributed equally to this work with: Reetta Holmila, Zdenko Herceg, Andre Nogueira da Costa

  * E-mail: rholmila@wakehealth.edu (RH); andre.dacosta@ucb.com (ANdC); HercegZ@iarc.fr (ZH)

  Current address: UCB BioPharma SPRL, Braine L'Alleud, Belgium

  Affiliation Molecular mechanisms and biomarkers group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

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