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ArticleNeuro-oncology2013

Experimental validation of 5 in-silico predicted glioma biomarkers.

Rheal A Towner, Randy L Jensen, Brian Vaillant, Howard Colman, Debra Saunders, Cory B Giles, Jonathan D Wren

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Article in Neuro-oncology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Rheal A TownerCorresponding Author: Rheal A. Towner, PhD, Director, Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 USA. Rheal-Towner@omrf.org.
Randy L Jensen
Brian Vaillant
Howard Colman
Debra Saunders
Cory B Giles
Jonathan D Wren
Huntsman Cancer Institute · USOklahoma Medical Research Foundation · USUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Understanding connective tissue development and disease with PDGFR-driven..... P20GM103636 · NIGMS · OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION · PI THOMPSON, LINDA F · 2013 to 2023
$26.9M
Molecular Mechanisms and Genetics of AutoimmunityP20GM103456 · NIGMS · OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION · PI GAFFNEY, PATRICK M · 2012 to 2013
$4.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS 1P20GM103636NIGMS NIH HHS 8P20GM103456-09NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103456NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103636
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a high-grade glioma with poor prognosis. Identification of new biomarkers specific to GBM could help in disease diagnosis. We have developed and validated a bioinformatics method to predict proteins likely to be suitable as glioma biomarkers via a global microarray meta-analysis to identify uncharacterized genes consistently coexpressed with known glioma-associated genes.

methodsA novel bioinformatics method was implemented called global microarray meta-analysis, using approximately 16,000 microarray experiments to identify uncharacterized genes consistently coexpressed with known glioma-associated genes. These novel biomarkers were validated as proteins highly expressed in human gliomas varying in tumor grades using immunohistochemistry. Glioma gene databases were used to assess delineation of expression of these markers in varying glioma grades and subtypes of GBM.

resultsWe have identified 5 potential biomarkers-spondin1, Plexin-B2, SLIT3, fibulin-1, and LINGO1-that were validated as proteins highly expressed on the surface of human gliomas using immunohistochemistry. Expression of spondin1, Plexin-B2, and SLIT3 was significantly higher (P < .01) in high-grade gliomas than in low-grade gliomas. These biomarkers were significant discriminators in grade IV gliomas compared with either grade III or II tumors and also distinguished between GBM subclasses.

conclusionsThis study strongly suggests that this type of bioinformatics approach has high translational potential to rapidly discern which poorly characterized proteins may be of clinical relevance.

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AlgorithmsBiomarkers, TumorBrainBrain NeoplasmsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCase-Control StudiesExtracellular Matrix ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGliomaHumansMembrane ProteinsNeoplasm GradingNerve Tissue ProteinsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorCalcium-Binding ProteinsExtracellular Matrix ProteinsfibulinLINGO1 protein, humanMembrane ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsSLIT3 protein, humanSPON1 protein, humanbiomarkersgene databasesglioblastoma multiformegliomasimmunohistochemistry

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PMID24158112
PMCPMC3829592
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