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Catanzaro JM, Sheshadri N (co-first author), Pan JA, Shi C, Li J, Powers RS, Crawford HC, and Zong WX. 2014. Oncogenic Ras induces cytokine production by up-regulating squamous cell carcinoma antigens SerpinB3/B4. Nat Commun. 5:3729. PMID: 24759783
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