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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Marcel Kool
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-34824 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature 20120129 7384
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a lethal brain tumour in adults and children. However, DNA copy number and gene expression signatures indicate differences between adult and paediatric cases. To explore the genetic events underlying this distinction, we sequenced the exomes of 48 paediatric GBM samples. Somatic mutations in the H3.3-ATRX-DAXX chromatin remodelling pathway were identified in 44% of tumours (21/48). Recurrent mutations in H3F3A, which encodes the replication-independent histone 3 ...[more]