In addition to EGFR expression and unlike gliomas with the typical oligodendroglial morphology induced by transplantation of progeny cells, these tumors showed regionally high expression of nestin, GFAP, CD44, vimentin and VEGFR, while expression of olig2 was variable in some tumor areas and absent in most (Figure S8) [8]. The gene discussed is CD44; the disease is central nervous system cancer.