SHH and non-small cell lung carcinoma: In order to further confirm our findings documenting up-regulation of Shh by TGF-β1 treatment, and the induction of EMT in A549 NSCLC cell lines, we treated another NSCLC cell line (H2030 cells) with TGF-β1 for two weeks, and we found a significant increase in the expression of Shh mRNA, which was consistent with the induction of EMT marker ZEB1 and down-regulation of epithelial marker E-cadherin (Fig. 4A).