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Loss of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and intratumoral heterogeneity as an epigenomic hallmark of glioblastoma.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Nov 2015
Kraus Theo F J, Kolck Gesa, Greiner Andrea, Schierl Katharina, Guibourt Virginie, Kretzschmar Hans A
Abstract excerpt
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant neoplasm with predominant astrocytic differentiation and the most frequent primary brain tumor of the adult. Here, we investigated 170 human GBM specimens deriving from 162 patients, as well as 66 healthy control tissue specimens deriving from 27 patients, and analyzed the amount of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) in GBMs compared to normal brain and tumor infiltration...
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