Contact-based thymidylate transfer promotes collective tumor growth
Aarif Siddiqui, Anne Mette Askehøj Rømer, Luisa Pinna, Vignesh Ramesh, Sarah Søgaard Møller, Paradesi Naidu Gollavilli, Adriana Martinez-Turtos, Steffi Varghese, Lærke B. Guldborg, Nagendra Prasad Palani, Francesca Napoli, Marco Volante, Luis Córdova Bahena, Marco Velasco, Kumar Somyajit, , Paolo Ceppi
The paper identifies a mechanism where dTMP equilibration via gap junctions enables collective tumor growth in cells lacking canonical dTMP synthesis.
bioRxiv · Jul 31, 2024 · PreprintCancer Biology