At a mechanistic level, impaired cell proliferation but no impact on apoptosis was found specifically in tumours originated from MB cells modelling the signature, as assessed by Ki-67 and cleaved Caspase-3 immunostaining (Fig. 5h, i), a finding that recapitulates the in vitro observation of impaired proliferation mediated by IP6 (Fig. 4a and Supplementary Fig. S4b). This evidence concerns the gene MKI67 and neoplasm.