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Unraveling the molecular pathways of DNA-methylation inhibitors: human endogenous retroviruses induce the innate immune response in tumors

Reiner StrickDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), University-Clinic Erlangen, Erlangen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pamela L. StrisselDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), University-Clinic Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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Stephen B. BaylinDepartment of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Katherine B. ChiappinelliDepartment of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA
Article: e1122160 | Received 12 Nov 2015, Accepted 17 Nov 2015, Published online: 29 Apr 2016

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