Vimentin is a potential prognostic factor for tongue squamous cell carcinoma among five epithelial–mesenchymal transition-related proteins

• Pei-Feng Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Pei-Feng Liu, Bor-Hwang Kang

  Affiliations Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Biotechnology, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7849-8940

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• Bor-Hwang Kang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Pei-Feng Liu, Bor-Hwang Kang

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yi-Min Wu,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Oral Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Periodontics, Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ju-Hsin Sun,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Oral Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Management, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Liang-Ming Yen,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ting-Ying Fu,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Yun-Chung Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Huei-Han Liou,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Yaoh-Shiang Lin,

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Huei-Cin Sie,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• I-Chien Hsieh,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Yu-Kai Tseng,

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Orthopedics, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

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• Chih-Wen Shu,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Yao-Dung Hsieh ,

  * E-mail: lpger@vghks.gov.tw (LPG); mrusmrus@gmail.com (YDH)

  Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Veterans Gegeral Hospital, Pingtung Branch, Pingtung, Taiwan

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• Luo-Ping Ger

  * E-mail: lpger@vghks.gov.tw (LPG); mrusmrus@gmail.com (YDH)

  Affiliations Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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