Niko P. Bretz scrutinised CD24 expression in A549 lung cancer, SKOV3ip ovarian cancer, and HS683 and SNB19 glioblastoma cells, and discovered that Src, activated by CD24 tyrosine, phosphorylates STAT3 signalling molecules, which causes the activation of STAT3. This evidence concerns the gene STAT3 and lung carcinoma.