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Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients frequently experience a remarkable response to first-line therapy. Follow up maintenance treatments aim to control residual tumor cells, but generally fail due to cross-resistance, inefficient targeting of tumor vulnerabilities, or dose-limiting toxicity, resulting in relapse and disease progression. [...]

The richness of our somatosensory experience is reflected in the functional diversity of somatic sensory neurons. Single-cell RNA sequencing of sensory neurons has revealed a molecular basis for such diversity1-3. [...]

The transcription factor MYC is a key regulator of cellular proliferation and metabolism and is frequently dysregulated in malignancies such as multiple myeloma (MM). Despite its clinical relevance, direct therapeutic targeting of MYC remains limited, emphasizing the need to identify upstream regulators that control endogenous MYC expression. [...]

Thymic epithelial tumors (TETs), comprising thymomas, thymic carcinomas, and thymic neuroendocrine neoplasms, are rare prevascular (anterior) mediastinal malignancies characterized by histologic and clinical heterogeneity. Their management is complex because of overlapping pathologic features, variable clinical behavior, frequent associations with autoimmune conditions, and lack of standardized therapeutic algorithms. [...]

Although pancreatic cancer is generally refractory to immune checkpoint blockade, recent studies of tumor-infiltrating T cells in human tumor samples demonstrated the presence of in vivo expanded, tumor-reactive T cell receptor (TCR) clonotypes. Here, we explored the T cell repertoire in a murine pancreatic cancer model by combining single-cell transcriptomics with functional TCR characterization. [...]

Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is a tumor-associated antigen that marks pluripotent embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Regulation of Epcam expression yields a spatiotemporal patterning during embryogenesis that is thoroughly mimicked in a 3D model of spontaneous differentiation of embryoid bodies (EBs). [...]

Lipoxygenases peroxidise polyunsaturated fatty acids, resulting in oxylipins, which may act pro- or anti-inflammatory. Arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase type B was shown to play a role in the resolution of keratinocyte inflammation and is upregulated in psoriasis. [...]