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A model of a patient-derived IDH1 mutant anaplastic astrocytoma with alternative lengthening of telomeres.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Feb 2015
Borodovsky Alexandra, Meeker Alan K, Kirkness Ewen F, Zhao Qi, Eberhart Charles G, Gallia Gary L, Riggins Gregory J
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Mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) have been found in the vast majority of low grade and progressive infiltrating gliomas and are characterized by the production of 2-hydroxyglutarate from α-ketoglutarate. Recent investigations of malignant gliomas have identified additional genetic and chromosomal abnormalities which cluster with IDH1 mutations into two distinct subgroups. The astrocytic subgroup was...
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