Stat3 Downstream Gene Product Chitinase 3-Like 1 Is a Potential Biomarker of Inflammation-induced Lung Cancer in Multiple Mouse Lung Tumor Models and Humans

Cong Yan; Xinchun Ding; Lingyan Wu; Menggang Yu; Peng Qu; Hong Du

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061984

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Stat3 Downstream Gene Product Chitinase 3-Like 1 Is a Potential Biomarker of Inflammation-induced Lung Cancer in Multiple Mouse Lung Tumor Models and Humans

Cong Yan ,

* E-mail: coyan@iupui.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, The Center for Immunobiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, IU Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Xinchun Ding,

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, The Center for Immunobiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, IU Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Lingyan Wu,

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, The Center for Immunobiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, IU Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Menggang Yu,

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Peng Qu,

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, The Center for Immunobiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Hong Du

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, IU Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Stat3 Downstream Gene Product Chitinase 3-Like 1 Is a Potential Biomarker of Inflammation-induced Lung Cancer in Multiple Mouse Lung Tumor Models and Humans

Cong Yan,
Xinchun Ding,
Lingyan Wu,
Menggang Yu,
Peng Qu,
Hong Du

Published: April 22, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061984

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