Bridging Cancer Biology with the Clinic: Comprehending and Exploiting IDH Gene Mutations in Gliomas.

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Isocitrate dehydrogenases 1 and 2 (IDH1/2) are enzymes that play a major role in the Krebs cycle. Mutations in these enzymes are found in the majority of lower gliomas and secondary glioblastomas, but also in myeloid malignancies and other cancers. IDH1 and IDH2 mutations are restricted to specific arginine residues in the active site of the enzymes and are gain-of-function, i.e. they confer a neomorphic enzyme...

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