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SUBMITTER: Suwala AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7785563 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Suwala Abigail K AK Stichel Damian D Schrimpf Daniel D Kloor Matthias M Wefers Annika K AK Reinhardt Annekathrin A Maas Sybren L N SLN Kratz Christian P CP Schweizer Leonille L Hasselblatt Martin M Snuderl Matija M Abedalthagafi Malak Sameer J MSJ Abdullaev Zied Z Monoranu Camelia M CM Bergmann Markus M Pekrun Arnulf A Freyschlag Christian C Aronica Eleonora E Kramm Christof M CM Hinz Felix F Sievers Philipp P Korshunov Andrey A Kool Marcel M Pfister Stefan M SM Sturm Dominik D Jones David T W DTW Wick Wolfgang W Unterberg Andreas A Hartmann Christian C Dodgshun Andrew A Tabori Uri U Wesseling Pieter P Sahm Felix F von Deimling Andreas A Reuss David E DE
Acta neuropathologica 20201120 1
Diffuse IDH-mutant astrocytoma mostly occurs in adults and carries a favorable prognosis compared to IDH-wildtype malignant gliomas. Acquired mismatch repair deficiency is known to occur in recurrent IDH-mutant gliomas as resistance mechanism towards alkylating chemotherapy. In this multi-institutional study, we report a novel epigenetic group of 32 IDH-mutant gliomas with proven or suspected hereditary mismatch repair deficiency. None of the tumors exhibited a combined 1p/19q deletion. These pr ...[more]