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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Transcriptomic analysis reveals differential regulation of synaptic components in pediatric and adult brain tumors.

Leyre Merino-Galan, Sonali Arora, Gregory Glatzer, Matt Jensen, Ashmitha Rajendran, Eric C Holland, Siobhan S Pattwell

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Leyre Merino-GalanBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States of America.
Sonali AroraDivision of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-6661-3024
Gregory GlatzerDivision of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America.
Matt JensenDivision of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America.
Ashmitha RajendranBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-1300-0774
Eric C HollandDivision of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America.
Siobhan S PattwellBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-4434-3139

Funding

The role and mechanism of alternative RNA splice variants and gene fusions as drivers of cancerR35CA253119 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Eric C. Holland · 2021 to 2026
$6.5M
Characterizing an alternatively spliced NTRK2 isoform in development and cancerK22CA258953 · NCI · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PATTWELL, SIOBHAN · 2021 to 2023
$637k
NCI NIH HHS K22 CA258953NCI NIH HHS R35 CA253119
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuronal-cancer cell interactions are a key component of brain tumor pathophysiology, yet many fundamental questions remain unanswered - with even more remaining unasked. Here, we present a comprehensive brain tumor reference map generated from bulk RNA-seq data of ~4,300 adult and pediatric brain tumors-including various glioma subtypes, medulloblastomas, ependymomas, and meningiomas-alongside ~1,400 healthy brain samples. By analyzing synaptic processes and synaptic gene expression across tumor types, we reveal the complexity of neuron-tumor crosstalk and its potential impact on patient survival. Our findings identify key synaptic signaling pathways and dysregulated patterns in brain tumors, including

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