Cancer neuroscience: State of the field, emerging directions

F Winkler, HS Venkatesh, M Amit, T Batchelor, IE Demir… - Cell, 2023‏ - cell.com
The nervous system governs both ontogeny and oncology. Regulating organogenesis
during development, maintaining homeostasis, and promoting plasticity throughout life, the …

The neuroscience of cancer

R Mancusi, M Monje - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
The nervous system regulates tissue stem and precursor populations throughout life.
Parallel to roles in development, the nervous system is emerging as a critical regulator of …

Neuronal substance P drives metastasis through an extracellular RNA–TLR7 axis

V Padmanaban, I Keller, ES Seltzer, BN Ostendorf… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
Tumour innervation is associated with worse patient outcomes in multiple cancers,, which
suggests that it may regulate metastasis. Here we observed that highly metastatic mouse …

Bacteria hijack a meningeal neuroimmune axis to facilitate brain invasion

FA Pinho-Ribeiro, L Deng, DV Neel, O Erdogan… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
The meninges are densely innervated by nociceptive sensory neurons that mediate pain
and headache,. Bacterial meningitis causes life-threatening infections of the meninges and …

Cancer metastasis: molecular mechanisms and clinical perspectives

SU Khan, K Fatima, F Malik, H Kalkavan… - Pharmacology & …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Metastatic progression combined with non-responsiveness towards systemic therapy often
shapes the course of disease for cancer patients and commonly determines its lethal …

The neural addiction of cancer

C Magnon, H Hondermarck - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023‏ - nature.com
The recently uncovered key role of the peripheral and central nervous systems in controlling
tumorigenesis and metastasis has opened a new area of research to identify innovative …

Beyond genetics: driving cancer with the tumour microenvironment behind the wheel

S Yuan, J Almagro, E Fuchs - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024‏ - nature.com
Cancer has long been viewed as a genetic disease of cumulative mutations. This notion is
fuelled by studies showing that ageing tissues are often riddled with clones of complex …

The neurotransmitter calcitonin gene-related peptide shapes an immunosuppressive microenvironment in medullary thyroid cancer

Y Hou, B Lin, T Xu, J Jiang, S Luo, W Chen… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Neurotransmitters are key modulators in neuro-immune circuits and have been linked to
tumor progression. Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), an aggressive neuroendocrine tumor …

Neuro-Mesenchymal Interaction Mediated by a β2-Adrenergic Nerve Growth Factor Feedforward Loop Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression

H Kobayashi, T Iida, Y Ochiai, E Malagola, X Zhi… - Cancer …, 2025‏ - aacrjournals.org
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) and nerves, components of the tumor
microenvironment, have each been shown to directly promote gastrointestinal cancers …

Crosstalk between the nervous system and tumor microenvironment: Functional aspects and potential therapeutic strategies

L Wang, J Ge, H Han, Y Jia, Y Qin - Cancer letters, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Recent advancements in understanding the tumor microenvironment (TME) have
highlighted the critical role of the nervous system in cancer progression. This review …