Total RNA from EBV B cells carrying the non-risk or risk TNIP1 H1 haplotype was isolated using Direct-zol RNA MiniPrep Plus kit (Zymo Research, Irvine, CA) according to the manufacturer’s protocol (3 (link)). cDNA synthesis was performed using QuantiTect reverse transcriptase kit (Qiagen, Germantown, MD) as per the manufacturer’s recommendations. Gene expression was measured by real-time PCR analysis using RT2 SYBR Green (Qiagen). Gene expression primers for human ANXA6 (QT00066941), human DCTN4 (QT00038766), human GM2A (QT00071967), human SMIM3 (QT01028090), human TNIP1 (QT00044072), and human GAPDH (PPH00150F) were purchased from Qiagen.