SOX2 genomic binding sites in lung squamous cell carcinoma GEMM tumor and cell lines

SOX2 is a lineage specifier oncogene for lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and frequently amplified and overexpressed in human LSCC tumors (up to 90% of the cases). Our study demonstrated that SOX2 is a key determinant of neutrophil recruitment to tumors even in the absence of squamous histology. We generated cell lines from KrasLSL-G12D/+;Trp53fl/fl (KP) tumors that overexpress Sox2 (i.e. tumors from Lenti-Sox2-Cre infected KP mice that are validated to have Sox2 overexpression) (abbreviated as KPS) and employed chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) to identify genomic binding loci of SOX2 in KPS lines as well as Lkb1fl/fl;Ptenfl/fl (LP) LSCC tumors. SOX2 ChIP-seq in three KPS cell lines and one LP tumor