Evidence that SOX2 overexpression is oncogenic in the lung

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Lu, Yun ^a   Futtner, Christopher ^a   Rock, Jason R ^a   Xu, Xia ^a   Whitworth, Walter ^a   Hogan, Brigid L M ^a   Onaitis, Mark W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; DESMOGLEIN 3; FOXE1 PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; PHOSPHOHISTONE H3; PROTEIN P63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SOX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLARA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; ONCOGENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; ONCOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77956224492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011022     Document Type: Article

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