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#cancerresearch #oncology #braintumor https://lnkd.in/dG5PBFhh Serotonin affects brain-tumour growth The #neurotransmitter #serotonin can influence the gene expression of brain-tumour cells by travelling into the nucleus and modifying proteins called histones. Inhibiting this process stopped an aggressive type of paediatric #brain #tumour called ependymoma from developing in mice. “This study identifies histone serotonylation as a key driver of ependymoma tumorigenesis,” report the authors.

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