Nature Communications publication
Professor Sara Ek co-authored a publication in Nature Communications revealing that SOX11 regulates SWI/SNF complex components as member of the adrenergic neuroblastoma core regulatory circuitry.
– Published 15 March 2023
The pediatric extra-cranial tumor neuroblastoma displays a low mutational burden while recurrent copy number alterations are present in most high-risk cases. Here, we identify SOX11 as a dependency transcription factor in adrenergic neuroblastoma based on recurrent chromosome 2p focal gains and amplifications, specific expression in the normal sympatho-adrenal lineage and adrenergic neuroblastoma, regulation by multiple adrenergic specific (super-)enhancers and strong dependency on high SOX11 expression in adrenergic neuroblastomas. Find more details in the publication.