EGFR Kinase Promotes Acquisition of Stem Cell-Like Properties: A Potential Therapeutic Target in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Stem Cells

• Eric L. Abhold ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eric L. Abhold, Alan Kiang

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Alan Kiang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eric L. Abhold, Alan Kiang

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Elham Rahimy,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Selena Z. Kuo,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Jessica Wang-Rodriguez,

  Affiliation Veterans Administration Medical Center and Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Jay Patrick Lopez,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Katherine J. Blair,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Michael Andrew Yu,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Martin Haas,

  Affiliation Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Kevin T. Brumund,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Xabier Altuna,

  Affiliation Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain

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• Andrew Patel,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Robert A. Weisman,

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Weg M. Ongkeko

  * E-mail: wongkeko@ucsd.edu

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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