Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 5 , Pages 737-744 , May 2010

Expression of nestin in lymph node metastasis and lymphangiogenesis in non-small cell lung cancer patients

  • Zhenguang Chen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
    • Contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Tao Wang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
    • Key Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
    • Contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Honghe Luo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Yingrong Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Xuhui Yang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
    • Key Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Fugui Li, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
    • Key Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Yiyan Lei, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Chunhua Su, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Xiuming Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
    • Key Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Bruce T. Lahn, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
    • Key Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Andy Peng Xiang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
    • Key Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China.

Received 19 July 2009 ,Revised 5 October 2009 ,Accepted 22 October 2009.

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☆ This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), No. 2008CB517406; the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30671023, 30971675, 30900729, the Key Scientific and Technological Projects of Guangdong Province, No. 2007A032100003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.10.018

Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 5 , Pages 737-744 , May 2010

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