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p63 and PITX1 sustain a pre-invasive malignant keratinocyte population in squamous cell carcinoma precursors
Ramon Staeger, Aizhan Tastanova, Adhideb Ghosh…·Reinhard Dummer
The paper identifies a pre-invasive malignant keratinocyte population in actinic keratosis, characterized by p63 and PITX1 regulation, and distinguishes early oncogenic programs from invasion effectors in squamous cell carcinoma.