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We gratefully acknowledge funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - German Research Foundation within the Collaborative Research Center SFB1399 and Deutsche Krebshilfe.
September 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
📄The study was published in Springer Nature:
Read the full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

👏 Congratulations to Dr. Filippo Beleggia, Prof. Christian Reinhardt, Dr. Elisa Motori, Prof. Matteo Bergami, and all collaborators for this important contribution to oncology and neuroscience!
Functional synapses between neurons and small cell lung cancer - Nature
Small cell lung cancer cells form functional synapses with glutamatergic neurons, receiving synaptic transmissions and deriving a proliferative advantage from these interactions.
www.nature.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
💡 Why it matters:
This reveals an entirely new aspect of cancer biology: direct communication between cancer and the nervous system.
Targeting these neuron-cancer synapses could open up novel therapeutic strategies for one of the most aggressive forms of lung cancer.
September 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🧠 Key findings:
SCLC cells establish synaptic connections using glutamate and GABA signaling.
Interaction with sensory or cortical neurons enhances tumor progression.
Blocking glutamatergic signaling reduces tumor burden and improves survival in experimental models.
September 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Reposted by Department of Translational Genomics - University of Cologne
Die neue Methode übertrifft bestehende Methoden wie #ChIP-seq und #CUT&RUN in Bezug auf Sensitivität und Auflösung der Ergebnisse. 📈
Die Studie wurde in ‪@natcomms.nature.com‬ veröffentlicht👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
DynaTag for efficient mapping of transcription factors in low-input samples and at single-cell resolution - Nature Communications
Transcription factors shape cell identity, but mapping their genomic targets remains challenging. Here the authors present DynaTag, a modified CUT&Tag method for profiling TF occupancy in bulk and...
www.nature.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Reposted by Department of Translational Genomics - University of Cologne