Distinct gene expression profiles of viral- and nonviral-associated merkel cell carcinoma revealed by transcriptome analysis.

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Published in J Invest Dermatol on December 06, 2012

Authors

Paul W Harms1, Rajiv M Patel, Monique E Verhaegen, Thomas J Giordano, Kevin T Nash, Craig N Johnson, Stephanie Daignault, Dafydd G Thomas, Johann E Gudjonsson, James T Elder, Andrzej A Dlugosz, Timothy M Johnson, Douglas R Fullen, Christopher K Bichakjian

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. paulharm@med.umich.edu

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