Sex determining region Y-Box 2 (SOX2) is a potential cell-lineage gene highly expressed in the pathogenesis of squamous cell carcinomas of the lung.

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Published in PLoS One on February 09, 2010

Authors

Ping Yuan1, Humam Kadara, Carmen Behrens, Ximing Tang, Denise Woods, Luisa M Solis, Jiaoti Huang, Monica Spinola, Wenli Dong, Guosheng Yin, Junya Fujimoto, Edward Kim, Yang Xie, Luc Girard, Cesar Moran, Waun Ki Hong, John D Minna, Ignacio I Wistuba

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America.

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