SOX2 and PI3K Cooperate to Induce and Stabilize a Squamous-Committed Stem Cell Injury State during Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Pathogenesis.

Although cancers are considered stem cell diseases, mechanisms involving stem cell alterations are poorly understood. Squamous cell carcinoma (SQCC) is the second most common lung cancer, and its pathogenesis appears to hinge on changes in the stem cell behavior of basal cells in the bronchial airwa...

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Main Authors: Bo Ram Kim, Emily Van de Laar, Michael Cabanero, Shintaro Tarumi, Stefan Hasenoeder, Dennis Wang, Carl Virtanen, Takaya Suzuki, Bizhan Bandarchi, Shingo Sakashita, Nhu An Pham, Sharon Lee, Shaf Keshavjee, Thomas K Waddell, Ming-Sound Tsao, Nadeem Moghal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-11-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5120804?pdf=render