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The researchers then sought to validate these findings from cellular experiments by investigating whether similar results occurred in a mouse model of PDAC.

In further cellular studies, the researchers discovered two mechanisms that explain the NRP1's role in pain.

"Our study provides the first cellular evidence of how neurogenesis contributes to human cognition -- in this case, verbal learning and memory," said Bonaguidi.

One avenue for this ambition is cell receptors, which function like ignition slots on a cell, requiring keys -- such as specific hormones, drugs, or antigens -- to start up specific cellular activities.

It is also a potent oncogene, meaning the very growth it promotes in skeletal muscle could stimulate cellular proliferation if overexpressed in organs like the liver, resulting in tumors.