Association of an intact E2 gene with higher HPV viral load, higher viral oncogene expression, and improved clinical outcome in HPV16 positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

• Nicole V. Anayannis ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nicolevja@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8015-949X

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• Nicolas F. Schlecht,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America, Department of Medicine (Oncology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America, Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, United States of America

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• Miriam Ben-Dayan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America

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• Richard V. Smith,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America

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• Thomas J. Belbin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America, Discipline of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

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• Thomas J. Ow,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America

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• Duk M. Blakaj,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The James Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America

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• Robert D. Burk,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics (Genetics), Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America

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• Sarah M. Leonard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Ciaran B. Woodman †,

  † Deceased.

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Joanna L. Parish,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Michael B. Prystowsky

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States of America

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