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A glial intermediate progenitor cell (gIPC)-like state is preferentially enriched across glioblastoma tumor regions and in recurrence, most resembling third-trimester germinal matrix gIPCs.
- Why it matters: Glioblastoma oncofetal reprogramming depends on transient neurodevelopmental programs, but the specific co-opted pathways and actionable vulnerabilities remain poorly defined.
- What they did: The team built an expanded human spatiotemporal multi-omic dataset resolving gliogenic and neurogenic fates, then assessed oncofetal reprogramming at the tumor core and infiltrative margin in primary and recurrent disease.
- The result: EGFR and the lncRNA NRXN1-DT mark the co-opted gIPC-like program, NRXN1-DT supports GBM diagnostics, and prioritizing POU3F3 shows it sustains NRXN1-DT enhancer activity, EGFR expression, and GBM stem/progenitor-like properties.
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