Elevated Levels of Interferon-γ Are Associated with High Levels of Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation in Patients with the Intestinal Type of Gastric Cancer

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Levels of interferon (IFN) gamma in plasma of patients with intestinal-type GC according to the titer of VCA-IgG antibodies. Two comparisons were made: (1) in which all patients were categorized in tertiles according to the EBV-VCA antibody titers and IFN-γ levels were compared in each group and (2) these groups were compared with the selected set of nine patients with EBV PCR-positive GC samples. Note that the EBV PCR-positive samples are also included in the VCA-IgG high group.