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Photo by Pain Center @ UT Dallas 🔬 on September 10, 2026. May be a graphic of magazine, poster and text that says 'Tumors Nociceptors may promote CAPS growth factors (HGF). trophict trophicfactors( factors (SEMA7A), neuropeptides CALCA), and utamate (GLS). Tumors promote neurite sprouting with cytokinesi Tumarspromoteneurtesprouting (SPP1), neurotrophle factors (WNT5A), factors IGF1), adhesion molecules (NTM). Nociceptors has been in tumor Nociceptor sprouting implicated progression, and cancerous cells or other cells of the tumor microenvironment may promote nociceptor sprouting and sensitization. Identification of the specific signaling molecules driving it could present therapeutic targets for both cancer and cancer-associated pain. Here, we utilized single- cell transcriptomics to predict tumor-nociceptor interactions that may be shared across cancers of solid tumors.'.
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Posted On: September 10th 2026, 04:46 pm
We had a great Works in Progress seminar last week, led by Khadijah Mazhar, PhD, who presented "Nociceptors in Cancer."

She presented her recent work, which uses single-cell transcriptomics to predict how tumor cells drive nerve sprouting across cancers, highlighting potential molecular targets to slow disease progression and relieve cancer-associated pain.

#cancerresearch #painneuroscience #translationalmedicine

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