Viral loads correlate with upregulation of PD-L1 and worse patient prognosis in Epstein–Barr Virus-associated gastric carcinoma

• Atsuhito Nakayama,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Abe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Akiko Kunita,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ruri Saito,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Teru Kanda,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan

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• Hiroharu Yamashita,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yasuyuki Seto,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shumpei Ishikawa,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masashi Fukayama

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mfukayama-tky@umin.org

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0460-064X

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