Genomic landscape of high-grade meningiomas
Brain tumors: uncovering genomic disruption in meningiomas Meningiomas, which arise from the tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord, are the most common primary brain tumor in adults. The majority of these are slow-growing and amenable to surgical resection, if treatment is indicated. However,...
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oai:doaj.org-article:30b733f570624d2fb8c0cba27d4db8192021-12-02T16:08:59ZGenomic landscape of high-grade meningiomas10.1038/s41525-017-0014-72056-7944https://doaj.org/article/30b733f570624d2fb8c0cba27d4db8192017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41525-017-0014-7https://doaj.org/toc/2056-7944Brain tumors: uncovering genomic disruption in meningiomas Meningiomas, which arise from the tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord, are the most common primary brain tumor in adults. The majority of these are slow-growing and amenable to surgical resection, if treatment is indicated. However, a subset of aggressive meningiomas are considered high-grade, producing significantly worse mortality. In a first study of its kind, Drs. Wenya Linda Bi, Ian Dunn, Sandro Santagata, Rameen Beroukhim, and colleagues at Harvard Medical School sequenced the genomes of 134 high-grade meningiomas and compared their makeup with lower-grade meningiomas. They found that aggressive tumors were more likely to harbor mutations in the NF2 gene and exhibit widespread genomic disruption. They also harbored an elevated rate of predicted immunogenic mutations, with implications for the use of immuno-modulatory therapies.Wenya Linda BiNoah F. GreenwaldMalak AbedalthagafiJeremiah WalaWill J. GibsonPankaj K. AgarwallaPeleg HorowitzSteven E. SchumacherEkaterina EsaulovaYu MeiAaron ChevalierMatthew A. DucarAaron R. ThornerPaul van HummelenAnat O. Stemmer-RachamimovMaksym ArtyomovOssama Al-MeftyGavin P. DunnSandro SantagataIan F. DunnRameen BeroukhimNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRGeneticsQH426-470ENnpj Genomic Medicine, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2017) |
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Brain tumors: uncovering genomic disruption in meningiomas Meningiomas, which arise from the tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord, are the most common primary brain tumor in adults. The majority of these are slow-growing and amenable to surgical resection, if treatment is indicated. However, a subset of aggressive meningiomas are considered high-grade, producing significantly worse mortality. In a first study of its kind, Drs. Wenya Linda Bi, Ian Dunn, Sandro Santagata, Rameen Beroukhim, and colleagues at Harvard Medical School sequenced the genomes of 134 high-grade meningiomas and compared their makeup with lower-grade meningiomas. They found that aggressive tumors were more likely to harbor mutations in the NF2 gene and exhibit widespread genomic disruption. They also harbored an elevated rate of predicted immunogenic mutations, with implications for the use of immuno-modulatory therapies. |
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Wenya Linda Bi Noah F. Greenwald Malak Abedalthagafi Jeremiah Wala Will J. Gibson Pankaj K. Agarwalla Peleg Horowitz Steven E. Schumacher Ekaterina Esaulova Yu Mei Aaron Chevalier Matthew A. Ducar Aaron R. Thorner Paul van Hummelen Anat O. Stemmer-Rachamimov Maksym Artyomov Ossama Al-Mefty Gavin P. Dunn Sandro Santagata Ian F. Dunn Rameen Beroukhim |
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Wenya Linda Bi Noah F. Greenwald Malak Abedalthagafi Jeremiah Wala Will J. Gibson Pankaj K. Agarwalla Peleg Horowitz Steven E. Schumacher Ekaterina Esaulova Yu Mei Aaron Chevalier Matthew A. Ducar Aaron R. Thorner Paul van Hummelen Anat O. Stemmer-Rachamimov Maksym Artyomov Ossama Al-Mefty Gavin P. Dunn Sandro Santagata Ian F. Dunn Rameen Beroukhim |
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Genomic landscape of high-grade meningiomas |
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Genomic landscape of high-grade meningiomas |
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Genomic landscape of high-grade meningiomas |
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Genomic landscape of high-grade meningiomas |
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Genomic landscape of high-grade meningiomas |
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genomic landscape of high-grade meningiomas |
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