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ReviewNeuro-oncology2018

Glioma CpG island methylator phenotype (G-CIMP): biological and clinical implications.

Tathiane M Malta, Camila F de Souza, Thais S Sabedot, Tiago C Silva, Maritza S Mosella, Steven N Kalkanis, James Snyder, Ana Valeria B Castro, Houtan Noushmehr

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Review in Neuro-oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 198 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
198citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

198 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 305 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tathiane M MaltaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Camila F de SouzaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Thais S SabedotDepartment of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Tiago C SilvaDepartment of Genetics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Maritza S MosellaDepartment of Genetics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Steven N KalkanisDepartment of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
James SnyderDepartment of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Ana Valeria B CastroDepartment of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Houtan NoushmehrDepartment of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Henry Ford Hospital · USUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gliomas are a heterogeneous group of brain tumors with distinct biological and clinical properties. Despite advances in surgical techniques and clinical regimens, treatment of high-grade glioma remains challenging and carries dismal rates of therapeutic success and overall survival. Challenges include the molecular complexity of gliomas, as well as inconsistencies in histopathological grading, resulting in an inaccurate prediction of disease progression and failure in the use of standard therapy. The updated 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of tumors of the central nervous system reflects a refinement of tumor diagnostics by integrating the genotypic and phenotypic features, thereby narrowing the defined subgroups. The new classification recommends molecular diagnosis of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutational status in gliomas. IDH-mutant gliomas manifest the cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) island methylator phenotype (G-CIMP). Notably, the recent identification of clinically relevant subsets of G-CIMP tumors (G-CIMP-high and G-CIMP-low) provides a further refinement in glioma classification that is independent of grade and histology. This scheme may be useful for predicting patient outcome and may be translated into effective therapeutic strategies tailored to each patient. In this review, we highlight the evolution of our understanding of the G-CIMP subsets and how recent advances in characterizing the genome and epigenome of gliomas may influence future basic and translational research.

Indexed as

CpG IslandsDNA MethylationEpigenomicsGenome, HumanGliomaHumansMutationPhenotype

Identifiers

PMID29036500
PMCPMC5892155
OpenAlexW2951388646

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