Epigenetic editing and tumor‑dependent immunosuppressive signaling in head and neck malignancies (Review)
- Authors:
- Spyridon Gougousis
- Savvas Petanidis
- Alexandros Poutoglidis
- Nikolaos Tsetsos
- Paraskevas Vrochidis
- Ioannis Skoumpas
- Nektarios Argyriou
- Theodora Katopodi
- Kalliopi Domvri
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Affiliations: Ear Nose Throat Department, General Hospital of Thessaloniki ‘G. Papanikolaou’, Thessaloniki GR‑57010, Greece, Department of Pulmonology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119992, Russian Federation, Ear Nose Throat Department, General Hospital of Goumenissa, Kilkis GR‑61100, Greece, Ear Nose Throat Department, General Hospital of Katerini, Katerini GR‑60100, Greece, Ear Nose Throat Department, General Hospital of Thessaloniki ‘G. Gennimatas’, Thessaloniki GR‑54635, Greece, Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Medical Biology and Genetics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki GR‑54124, Greece, Pulmonary Department, General Hospital of Thessaloniki ‘G. Papanikolaou’, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki GR‑57010, Greece - Published online on: May 4, 2022 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2022.13317
- Article Number: 196
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Copyright: © Gougousis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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