Yagya Purohit
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Yagya Purohit
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I am a third-year student pursuing a BS-MS degree in Biological Science at IISER, Tirupati. I have a keen interest in tumor immunology and its potential to develop new therapeutic techniques.
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Intracranial lymphatic vessels in a larval zebrafish. Credit to @zebrafish007.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
December 1, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Saw this amazing article that talked about how neuron activation could trigger cachexia, affecting people with advanced stages of cancers, which might be caused by IL-6 acting in area postrema.

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#biology #cancer #cancerbiology #immunology #research
Area postrema neurons mediate interleukin-6 function in cancer cachexia - Nature Communications
Elevation of IL-6 during cancer progression has been shown to drive cancer cachexia, however, while brain dysfunction has been reported, the underlying mechanism is unclear. Here, the authors identify...
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November 30, 2024 at 4:54 PM