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PIK3CA alterations in primary (de novo) and secondary glioblastomas.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Mar 2007
Kita Daisuke, Yonekawa Yasuhiro, Weller Michael, Ohgaki Hiroko
Abstract excerpt
We assessed alterations in the EGFR/PTEN/PI3K pathway in 107 primary (de novo) glioblastomas and 32 secondary glioblastomas that progressed from low-grade or anaplastic astrocytomas. SSCP followed by DNA sequencing in exons 9 and 20 of the PIK3CA gene revealed missense mutations in 5/107 (5%) primary and 1/32 (3%) secondary glioblastomas. Quantitative real-time PCR showed PIK3CA amplification (>3 copy numbers) in...
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