Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology

Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology
Open Access

ISSN: 2155-9899

Research Article - (2014) Volume 5, Issue 3

An Inflammatory Cytokine Milieu is Prominent in Premalignant Oral Lesions, but Subsides when Lesions Progress to Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Danielle Woodford1,3, Sara D Johnson1,2, Anna-Maria A De Costa1,2 and M Rita I Young1,2*
1Research Service, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA
2Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
3Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
*Corresponding Author: M Rita I Young, Research Service (151), Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401, USA, Tel: 843-789-6707, Fax: 478-274-5761 Email:

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