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Xiaochong Wu

Baylor College of Medicine

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2

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Medulloblastoma Forms Symbiotic Metabolic Partnerships with Macrophages to Establish Leptomeningeal Metastases

Vernon Fong, Michelle Ly, Anders Wilder Erickson, Namal Abeysundara, Liam D. Hendrikse, Randy Van Ommeren, Polina Balin, Jigyansa Mishra, Bryn G. Livingston, Patryk Skowron, Olga Sirbu, Ncedile Mankahla, Jiao Zhang, Cory M. Richman, Raul Suarez, , Xiaochong Wu

This study identifies metabolic partnerships between medulloblastoma and macrophages that drive leptomeningeal metastases and suggests targeting the CXCL12-SCARB1-cholesterol axis as a therapeutic strategy.

bioRxiv · Aug 9, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology

Ependymomas are cancers of the pre-neural crest/roof plate lineage

Polina Balin, Sachin A Kumar, Riley Galton, Alberto Delaidelli, Wilda Orisme, Parthiv Haldipur, Ncedile Mankahla, Amr M. Saadeldin, Nik von Krosigk, Maria Claudia Vladoiu, Anders Wilder Erickson, Meyer Barembaum, Jake Millman, Amy J Banks, Jeffrey T Joseph, , Michael D. Taylor

The paper identifies ependymomas as originating from the pre-neural crest/roof plate lineage using single-cell transcriptomics and lineage tracing.

bioRxiv · Jul 14, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Childhood cerebellar tumors mirror conserved fetal transcriptional programs

Maria C Vladoiu, Ibrahim El-Hamamy, Laura K Donovan, Hamza Farooq, Borja L Holgado, Vijay Ramaswamy, Stephen C Mack, John JY Lee, Sachin Kumar, David Przelicki, Antony Michealraj, Kyle Juraschka, Patryk Skowron, Betty Luu, Hiromichi Suzuki, , Michael D. Taylor

The paper uses single-cell transcriptomics to show childhood cerebellar tumors mirror fetal cerebellar cell lineages, linking tumor subtypes to specific developmental stages.

bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2018 · PreprintCancer Biology