SOX2 promotes a cancer stem cell-like phenotype and local spreading in oral squamous cell carcinoma

• Alessandro Sacco ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandro Sacco, Anna Martina Battaglia

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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• Anna Martina Battaglia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandro Sacco, Anna Martina Battaglia

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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• Gianluca Santamaria,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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• Caterina Buffone,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, “Magna Graecia” University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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• Selene Barone,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, “Magna Graecia” University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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• Anna Procopio,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Biomechatronics Laboratory, “Magna Græcia” University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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• Anna Maria Lavecchia,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Anatomical Pathology Unit, Pugliese-Ciaccio Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy

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• Ilenia Aversa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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• Emanuele Giorgio,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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• Lavinia Petriaggi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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• Maria Giulia Cristofaro,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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• Flavia Biamonte ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: flavia.biamonte@unicz.it

  Affiliations Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy, Center of Interdepartmental Services (CIS), "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3248-3863

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• Amerigo Giudice

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, “Magna Graecia” University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

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