HPV Infection and EGFR Activation/Alteration in HIV-Infected East African Patients with Conjunctival Carcinoma

Jing Jie Yu; Pingfu Fu; John J. Pink; Dawn Dawson; Jay Wasman; Jackson Orem; Walter O. Mwanda; Honglan Zhu; Xiaobing Liang; Yi Guo; William P. Petros; Ronald T. Mitsuyasu; Henry Wabinga; Scot C. Remick

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010477

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HPV Infection and EGFR Activation/Alteration in HIV-Infected East African Patients with Conjunctival Carcinoma

Jing Jie Yu ,

* E-mail: jyu@hsc.wvu.edu

Affiliation Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and Molecular Medicine Core Facility, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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Pingfu Fu,

Affiliation Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medicine, and Pathology, Center for AIDS Research, and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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John J. Pink,

Affiliation Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medicine, and Pathology, Center for AIDS Research, and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Dawn Dawson,

Affiliation Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medicine, and Pathology, Center for AIDS Research, and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Jay Wasman,

Affiliation Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medicine, and Pathology, Center for AIDS Research, and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Jackson Orem,

Affiliation Uganda Cancer Institute, School of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Walter O. Mwanda,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kenyatta National Hospital, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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Honglan Zhu,

Current address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China

Affiliation Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and Molecular Medicine Core Facility, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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Xiaobing Liang,

Affiliation Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and Molecular Medicine Core Facility, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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Yi Guo,

Affiliation Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and Molecular Medicine Core Facility, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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William P. Petros,

Affiliation Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and Molecular Medicine Core Facility, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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Ronald T. Mitsuyasu,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Henry Wabinga,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Scot C. Remick

Affiliation Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and Molecular Medicine Core Facility, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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HPV Infection and EGFR Activation/Alteration in HIV-Infected East African Patients with Conjunctival Carcinoma

Jing Jie Yu,
Pingfu Fu,
John J. Pink,
Dawn Dawson,
Jay Wasman,
Jackson Orem,
Walter O. Mwanda,
Honglan Zhu,
Xiaobing Liang,
Yi Guo

Published: May 17, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010477

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Publisher's Note: Correction to Author Contributions

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 28 May 2010 at 23:51 GMT

Merriam, Patrick Leahy and Adam Kresak (CWRU, Cleveland) for immunohistochemistry analyses.
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0010477#article1.back1.ack1.p1

The Author Contributions appear incorrectly. They should be: Conceived and designed the experiments: SCR, JJY, JJP
Performed the experiments: HZ, XL, YG
Analyzed the data: PF, SCR, JJY
Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PF, JJP, DD, JW, JO, WOM, WPP, RTM, HW
Wrote the paper: JJY, SCR, JJP, WOM

No competing interests declared.

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