Downregulation of SLC44A4 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma is associated with malignant progression, B-cell/TLS-related immune features, and sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents

• Qian Liu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Hunan Key Laboratory of Oncotarget Gene, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Invasion, Chinese Ministry of Education, Cancer Research Institute, Xiangya School of Basic Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3175-5591

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• Yiyue Yin,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Oncology, Nanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

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• Guangxian Hu,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Hunan Key Laboratory of Oncotarget Gene, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Invasion, Chinese Ministry of Education, Cancer Research Institute, Xiangya School of Basic Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

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• Hongde Li,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations The Hunan Provincial College of Clinical Laboratory, Changsha Medical University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Agricultural Biogenomics, Changsha Medical University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

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• Min Li,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Oncology, Nanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

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• Xiangjian Luo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: luocsu@csu.edu.cn (XJL); liuwenbin@hnca.org.cn (WBL)

  Affiliations Hunan Key Laboratory of Oncotarget Gene, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Invasion, Chinese Ministry of Education, Cancer Research Institute, Xiangya School of Basic Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

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• Wenbin Liu

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: luocsu@csu.edu.cn (XJL); liuwenbin@hnca.org.cn (WBL)

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

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