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Aberrant brain-type neuronal programs in large-cell pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma

Debnath, O.; Berger, H.; Detjen, K.; Kirchner, P.; Marinoni, I.; Eichhorn, I.; Bolduan, F.; Conrad, T.; Horst, D.; Eils, R.; Wiedenmann, B.; Perren, A.; Ishaque, N.

2025-06-24 cancer biology
10.1101/2025.06.18.660360 bioRxiv
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High-grade pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma (panNEC) is a rare, aggressive cancer with limited tissue availability. Single-nucleus transcriptomics of five large-cell panNECs revealed two clinically relevant neuroendocrine cell states: one highly proliferative with an aberrant brain-specific neuronal differentiation program and another stress-responsive state enriched for heat stress, hypoxia, and glycolysis. Our findings suggest potentially new therapeutic vulnerabilities, highlighting the need to evaluate the efficacy of combination therapies.

Published in Communications Biology (predicted rank #10) · training set

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