Nicotine Promotes Acquisition of Stem Cell and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Properties in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

• Michael Andrew Yu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Andrew Yu, Alan Kiang, Jessica Wang-Rodriguez

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Alan Kiang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Andrew Yu, Alan Kiang, Jessica Wang-Rodriguez

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Jessica Wang-Rodriguez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Andrew Yu, Alan Kiang, Jessica Wang-Rodriguez

  Affiliation Veterans Administration Medical Center and Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Elham Rahimy,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Martin Haas,

  Affiliation Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Vicky Yu,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Lesley G. Ellies,

  Affiliation Veterans Administration Medical Center and Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Jing Chen,

  Affiliation Illumina Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Jian-Bing Fan,

  Affiliation Illumina Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Kevin T. Brumund,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Robert A. Weisman,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Weg M. Ongkeko

  * E-mail: wongkeko@ucsd.edu

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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