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ArticleNeuro-oncology2017

Germline and somatic BAP1 mutations in high-grade rhabdoid meningiomas.

Ganesh M Shankar, Malak Abedalthagafi, Rachael A Vaubel, Parker H Merrill, Naema Nayyar, Corey M Gill, Ryan Brewster, Wenya Linda Bi, Pankaj K Agarwalla, Aaron R Thorner and 20 more

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Article in Neuro-oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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120 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 184 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. An overview of BAP1 biological functions and current therapeutics.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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30 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Ganesh M ShankarDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Malak AbedalthagafiHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Rachael A VaubelDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Parker H MerrillDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Naema NayyarDivision of Neuro-Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Corey M GillDivision of Neuro-Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ryan BrewsterDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Wenya Linda BiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Pankaj K AgarwallaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Aaron R ThornerDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
David A ReardonHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ossama Al-MeftyHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Patrick Y WenHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Brian M AlexanderHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Paul van HummelenDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tracy T BatchelorHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Keith L LigonHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Azra H LigonHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Matthew MeyersonBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ian F DunnHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Rameen BeroukhimHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
David N LouisHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Arie PerryDepartment of Pathology and Neurological Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Scott L CarterHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Caterina GianniniDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
William T CurryHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Daniel P CahillHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Frederick G BarkerHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Priscilla K BrastianosDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sandro SantagataHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USCenter for Neuro-Oncology · USMayo Clinic · USBroad Institute · USDana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Training Program in Nervous System TumorsK12CA090354 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PLOTKIN, SCOTT R · 2001 to 2025
$16.3M
Impact of genetic alterations in meningioma on natural history and therapeutic responseR21NS099844 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BRASTIANOS, PRISCILLA KALIOPI, CAHILL, DANIEL P. · 2016 to 2017
$479k
NCI NIH HHS K12 CA090354NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS099844
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Patients with meningiomas have widely divergent clinical courses. Some entirely recover following surgery alone, while others have relentless tumor recurrences. This clinical conundrum is exemplified by rhabdoid meningiomas, which are designated in the World Health Organization Classification of Tumours as high grade, despite only a subset following an aggressive clinical course. Patient management decisions are further exacerbated by high rates of interobserver variability, biased against missing possibly aggressive tumors. Objective molecular determinants are needed to guide classification and clinical decision making. Methods: To define genomic aberrations of rhabdoid meningiomas, we performed sequencing of cancer-related genes in 27 meningiomas from 18 patients with rhabdoid features and evaluated breast cancer [BRCA]1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) expression by immunohistochemistry in 336 meningiomas. We assessed outcomes, germline status, and family history in patients with BAP1-negative rhabdoid meningiomas. Results: The tumor suppressor gene BAP1, a ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase, is inactivated in a subset of high-grade rhabdoid meningiomas. Patients with BAP1-negative rhabdoid meningiomas had reduced time to recurrence compared with patients with BAP1-retained rhabdoid meningiomas (Kaplan-Meier analysis, 26 mo vs 116 mo, P < .001; hazard ratio 12.89). A subset of patients with BAP1-deficient rhabdoid meningiomas harbored germline BAP1 mutations, indicating that rhabdoid meningiomas can be a harbinger of the BAP1 cancer predisposition syndrome. Conclusion: We define a subset of aggressive rhabdoid meningiomas that can be recognized using routine laboratory tests. We implicate ubiquitin deregulation in the pathogenesis of these high-grade malignancies. In addition, we show that familial and sporadic BAP1-mutated rhabdoid meningiomas are clinically aggressive, requiring intensive clinical management.

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Disease ProgressionGerm-Line MutationHumansMeningeal NeoplasmsMeningiomaMutationNeoplasm GradingRhabdoid TumorSurvival AnalysisTumor Suppressor ProteinsUbiquitin ThiolesteraseBAP1 protein, humanTumor Suppressor ProteinsUbiquitin ThiolesteraseBAP1exome sequencingrhabdoid meningiomas

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PMID28170043
PMCPMC5464371
OpenAlexW2554212574

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