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Stability of the CpG island methylator phenotype during glioma progression and identification of methylated loci in secondary glioblastomas.
BMC cancer - 10 Jul 2014
Hill Victoria K, Shinawi Thoraia, Ricketts Christopher J, Krex Dietmar, Schackert Gabriele, Bauer Julien, Wei Wenbin, Cruickshank Garth, Maher Eamonn R, Latif Farida
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BACKGROUND: Grade IV glioblastomas exist in two forms, primary (de novo) glioblastomas (pGBM) that arise without precursor lesions, and the less common secondary glioblastomas (sGBM) which develop from earlier lower grade lesions. Genetic heterogeneity between pGBM and sGBM has been documented as have differences in the methylation of individual genes. A hypermethylator phenotype in grade IV GBMs is now well...
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