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ReviewNature communications2026

Developmental timing distinguishes pediatric and adult cancers through retention and rewiring mechanisms.

Shayan Saniei, Elvin Wagenblast

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Review in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shayan SanieiComputational Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9590-400X
Elvin WagenblastDepartment of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. Elvin.Wagenblast@mssm.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0709-2759

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Michael Jason de la Cruz · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Overcoming Therapy Resistance in Fusion Oncoprotein Driven Pediatric LeukemiaR01CA292503 · NCI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Elvin Wagenblast · 2024 to 2026
$2.4M
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Contributing to Trisomy 21 PreleukemiaR01CA290681 · NCI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Elvin Wagenblast · 2024 to 2026
$1.3M
Characterizing DNA Methylation Dynamics in Trisomy 21-Associated Hematopoiesis and LeukemiaR21CA301237 · NCI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI MA, SAI, WAGENBLAST, ELVIN · 2025 to 2025
$462k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01CA290681U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01CA292503U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R21CA301237
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oncogenic mutations can have fundamentally different consequences depending on the developmental state of the tissue in which they arise. We propose a unifying model in which early-life oncogenic events promote retention, stabilization of transient embryo-fetal transcriptional and epigenetic programs, whereas later-life mutations more often require rewiring, reactivating suppressed oncofetal states through stepwise transcriptional and chromatin remodeling. This temporal dimension helps explain why childhood and adult cancers can follow distinct lineage trajectories, behaviors, and therapeutic responses, even when initiated by the same genetic lesion. Incorporating developmental timing into cancer modeling and risk stratification may improve prognostic resolution and reveal stage-specific vulnerabilities.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsAnimalsChildChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMutation

Identifiers

PMID42386735
PMCPMC13324445

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