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ArticlePloS one2018

Characterization of the murine orthotopic adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma PDX model by MRI in correlation with histology.

Annett Hölsken, Marc Schwarz, Clarissa Gillmann, Christina Pfister, Michael Uder, Arnd Doerfler, Michael Buchfelder, Sven Schlaffer, Rudolf Fahlbusch, Rolf Buslei and 1 more

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Limitations of MRI in differentiating solid and cystic components of craniopharyngiomas.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Annett HölskenInstitute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Marc SchwarzInstitute of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Clarissa GillmannInstitute of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Christina PfisterInstitute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Michael UderInstitute of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Arnd DoerflerDepartment of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Michael BuchfelderInstitute of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Sven SchlafferInstitute of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Rudolf FahlbuschInternational Neuroscience Institute (INI) Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Rolf BusleiDepartment of Pathology, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.
Tobias BäuerleInstitute of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0206-6199
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEInternational Neuroscience Institute · DESozialstiftung Bamberg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAdamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas (ACP) as benign sellar brain tumors are challenging to treat. In order to develop robust in vivo drug testing methodology, the murine orthotopic craniopharyngioma model (PDX) was characterized by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and histology in xenografts from three patients (ACP1-3).

methodsIn ACP PDX, multiparametric MRI was conducted to assess morphologic characteristics such as contrast-enhancing tumor volume (CETV) as well as functional parameters from dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) including area-under-the-curve (AUC), peak enhancement (PE), time-to-peak (TTP) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). These MRI parameters evaluated in 27 ACP PDX were correlated to histological features and percentage of vital tumor cell content.

resultsQualitative analysis of MRI and histology from PDX revealed a similar phenotype as seen in patients, although the MRI appearance in mice resulted in a more solid tumor growth than in humans. CETV were significantly higher in ACP2 xenografts relative to ACP1 and ACP3 which correspond to respective average vitality of 41%, <10% and 26% determined histologically. Importantly, CETV prove tumor growth of ACP2 PDX as it significantly increases in longitudinal follow-up of 110 days. Furthermore, xenografts from ACP2 revealed a significantly higher AUC, PE and TTP in comparison to ACP3, and significantly increased ADC relative to ACP1 and ACP3 respectively. Overall, DCE-MRI and DWI can be used to distinguish vital from non-vital grafts, when using a cut off value of 15% for vital tumor cell content.

conclusionsMRI enables the assessment of craniopharyngioma PDX vitality in vivo as validated histologically.

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AdultAnimalsChildChild, PreschoolContrast MediaCraniopharyngiomaFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiceMiddle AgedTransplantation, HeterologousContrast Media

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