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Magnetic resonance metabolic imaging of glioma.
Science translational medicine - 11 Jan 2012
Metellus Philippe, Figarella-Branger Dominique
Abstract excerpt
2-Hydroxyglutarate (2-HG) is a potential oncometabolite involved in gliomagenesis that has been identified as an aberrant product of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutated glial tumors. Recent genomics studies have shown that heterozygous mutation of IDH genes 1 and 2, present in up to 86% of grade II gliomas, is associated with a favorable outcome. Two reports in this issue describe both ex vivo and in vivo...
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