DEK protein level is a biomarker of CD138^positive normal and malignant plasma cells

• Zihni Onur Çalışkaner ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zihni Onur Çalışkaner, Türkan Çakar

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey

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• Türkan Çakar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zihni Onur Çalışkaner, Türkan Çakar

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey

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• Emrah Özçelik ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey

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• Ahmet Özdilek ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey

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• Annette S. Kim,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Öner Doğan,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

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• Amma Bosompem,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Gerard Grosveld,

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Bülent Saka,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

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• Ayten Kandilci

  * E-mail: akandilci@gtu.edu.tr

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4209-4992

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