Methylation of L1RE1, RARB, and RASSF1 function as possible biomarkers for the differential diagnosis of lung cancer

• R. F. H. Walter ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: R. F. H. Walter, P. Rozynek

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

  Affiliations Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3725-7064

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• P. Rozynek ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: R. F. H. Walter, P. Rozynek

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rozynek@ipa.ruhr-uni-bochum.de, rozynek@ipa-dguv.de

  Affiliation Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany

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• S. Casjens,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany

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• R. Werner,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• F. D. Mairinger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• E. J. M. Speel,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, GROW-School for Oncology & Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• A. Zur Hausen,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, GROW-School for Oncology & Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• S. Meier,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany

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• J. Wohlschlaeger,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• D. Theegarten,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• T. Behrens,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany

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• K. W. Schmid,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• T. Brüning ,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany

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• G. Johnen

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany

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