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ArticleJournal of the National Cancer Institute2011

DNA methylation, isocitrate dehydrogenase mutation, and survival in glioma.

Brock C Christensen, Ashley A Smith, Shichun Zheng, Devin C Koestler, E Andres Houseman, Carmen J Marsit, Joseph L Wiemels, Heather H Nelson, Margaret R Karagas, Margaret R Wrensch and 2 more

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Article in Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 147 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

147 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 256 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Molecular Biomarker Testing for the Diagnosis of Diffuse Gliomas.Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine · 2022
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  19. Genome-Scale Methylation Analysis Identifies Immune Profiles and Age Acceleration Associations with Bladder Cancer Outcomes.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Brock C ChristensenDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Ashley A Smith
Shichun Zheng
Devin C Koestler
E Andres Houseman
Carmen J Marsit
Joseph L Wiemels
Heather H Nelson
Margaret R Karagas
Margaret R Wrensch
Karl T Kelsey
John K Wiencke
Cancer Research And Biostatistics · USBrown University · USUCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USDartmouth Psychiatric Research Center · USHarvard University · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

Women's CancerP30CA077598 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Douglas Yee · 1998 to 2026
$100.4M
Tissue CoreP50CA097257 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Joseph F Costello · 2002 to 2026
$57.4M
GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALIGNANT GLIOMAR01CA052689 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WIENCKE, JOHN K., WRENSCH, MARGARET R. · 1991 to 2015
$20.5M
BIOMARKERS OF LUNG CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY IN MINORITIESR01ES006717 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WIENCKE, JOHN K. · 1994 to 2009
$8.9M
The Boston Collaborative Oral Cancer StudyR01CA078609 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI KELSEY, KARL TIMOTHY · 1999 to 2010
$5.3M
Patterns of Somatic Gene Alterations in Oral CancerR01CA100679 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI KELSEY, KARL TIMOTHY · 2004 to 2012
$2.6M
Biomarkers of survival in glioma epidemiologyR01CA126831 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WIENCKE, JOHN K. · 2008 to 2013
$2.5M
The Epidemiology of Molecular Alterations in MesotheliomaR01CA126939 · NCI · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI KELSEY, KARL TIMOTHY · 2008 to 2012
$2.4M
The Molecular Epidemiology of Bladder CancerR01CA121147 · NCI · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI KELSEY, KARL TIMOTHY · 2007 to 2010
$2.0M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough much is known about molecular and chromosomal characteristics that distinguish glioma histological subtypes, DNA methylation patterns of gliomas and their association with other tumor features such as mutation of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) genes have only recently begun to be investigated.

methodsDNA methylation of glioblastomas, astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, oligoastrocytomas, ependymomas, and pilocytic astrocytomas (n = 131) from the Brain Tumor Research Center at the University of California San Francisco, as well as nontumor brain tissues (n = 7), was assessed with the Illumina GoldenGate methylation array. Methylation data were subjected to recursively partitioned mixture modeling (RPMM) to derive methylation classes. Differential DNA methylation between tumor and nontumor was also assessed. The association between methylation class and IDH mutation (IDH1 and IDH2) was tested using univariate and multivariable analysis for tumors (n = 95) with available substrate for sequencing. Survival of glioma patients carrying mutant IDH (n = 57) was compared with patients carrying wild-type IDH (n = 38) using a multivariable Cox proportional hazards model and Kaplan-Meier analysis. All statistical tests were two-sided.

resultsWe observed a statistically significant association between RPMM methylation class and glioma histological subtype (P < 2.2 × 10(-16)). Compared with nontumor brain tissues, across glioma tumor histological subtypes, the differential methylation ratios of CpG loci were statistically significantly different (permutation P < .0001). Methylation class was strongly associated with IDH mutation in gliomas (P = 3.0 × 10(-16)). Compared with glioma patients whose tumors harbored wild-type IDH, patients whose tumors harbored mutant IDH showed statistically significantly improved survival (hazard ratio of death = 0.27, 95% confidence interval = 0.10 to 0.72).

conclusionThe homogeneity of methylation classes for gliomas with IDH mutation, despite their histological diversity, suggests that IDH mutation is associated with a distinct DNA methylation phenotype and an altered metabolic profile in glioma.

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DNA MethylationMutationBrainBrain NeoplasmsCpG IslandsGliomaHumansIsocitrate DehydrogenasePolymerase Chain ReactionSurvival AnalysisTumor Suppressor Protein p53IDH1 protein, humanIsocitrate DehydrogenaseTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53

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PMID21163902
PMCPMC3022619
OpenAlexW2140892567

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