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ArticlePituitary2011

MGMT immunoexpression in adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas.

Sayid Shafi Zuhur, Ahmet Murat Müslüman, Canan Tanık, Ozcan Karaman, Feyza Yener Oztürk, Ayşenur Ozderya, Hanife Ozkayalar, Yunus Aydın, Yüksel Altuntaş

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Article in Pituitary, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Evaluating temozolomide for pediatric adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas using microspheroid-based drug screening.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sayid Shafi ZuhurEndocrinology and Metabolism Clinic, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. zuhur744@gmail.com
Ahmet Murat Müslüman
Canan Tanık
Ozcan Karaman
Feyza Yener Oztürk
Ayşenur Ozderya
Hanife Ozkayalar
Yunus Aydın
Yüksel Altuntaş
Şişli Etfal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TRMemorial Sisli Hospital · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At present, no effective medical treatment exists for recurrent and aggressive craniopharyngiomas that are resistant to conventional therapies, including surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy. Temozolomide is an alkylating chemotherapeutic agent used routinely in the management of high grade gliomas. The response to temozolomide is suggested to be dependent on the tumoral expression of O-6 methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT). Evidence supports that low MGMT immunoexpression correlates with positive response to temozolomide. Therefore, we aimed to assess MGMT immunoexpression in adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas, in an effort to predict the likelihood of response to temozolomide. The MGMT immunostaining was performed on 23 adamantinomatous craniofaryngiomas operated at the Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital and identified by histological analysis. Paraffin embedded tissue sections were immunostained for MGMT and were evaluated semi-quantitatively. Of the 23 cases evaluated, 22 (96%) demonstrated negative (<10%) and 1 (4%) demonstrated low (10%) MGMT immunoexpression. Data from this study suggest a high proportion of adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas exhibit negative/low MGMT immunoreactivity and could be treated with temozolomide, if conventional therapy fails.

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AdolescentAdultAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingBiomarkers, PharmacologicalBiomarkers, TumorChildChild, PreschoolCraniopharyngiomaDacarbazineDNA Modification MethylasesDNA Repair EnzymesFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMiddle AgedAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingBiomarkers, PharmacologicalBiomarkers, TumorDacarbazineDNA Modification MethylasesDNA Repair EnzymesMGMT protein, humanTemozolomideTumor Suppressor Proteins

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PMID21318329
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