Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40849395›Full record

ArticleActa neuropathologica2025

DNA methylation analysis reveals an epigenetic signature distinctive of high-grade oligodendroglioma.

Katharina Johanna Weber, Mareike Dettki, Marco Münzberg, Pia Susann Zeiner, Marie-Thérèse Forster, Eike Steidl, Iris Divé, Patrick Nikolaus Harter, Michael Scherer

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Acta neuropathologica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Katharina Johanna WeberGoethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Neurological Institute (Edinger Institute), Heinrich-Hoffmann-Straße 7, 60528, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany. K.Weber@med.uni-frankfurt.de.
Mareike DettkiGoethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Neurooncology, Schleusenweg 2-16, 60528, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
Marco MünzbergGoethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Neurological Institute (Edinger Institute), Heinrich-Hoffmann-Straße 7, 60528, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
Pia Susann ZeinerGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Germany and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.
Marie-Thérèse ForsterGoethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Schleusenweg 2-16, 60528, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
Eike SteidlGoethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Institute of Neuroradiology, Schleusenweg 2-16, 60528, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
Iris DivéGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Germany and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.
Patrick Nikolaus HarterGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, A Partnership Between German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Michael SchererDivison of Cancer Epigenomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IDH-mutant gliomas represent a subtype of diffuse gliomas that primarily affect patients in early to mid-adolescence. These tumors are classified into three distinct CNS WHO grades of malignancy. Accurate grading is essential for selecting an appropriate treatment maximizing anti-tumor efficacy while minimizing adverse effects. However, grading of oligodendrogliomas with 1p/19q codeletion currently relies on qualitative tumor characteristics that may be influenced by observer subjectivity, sampling bias, and tumor heterogeneity. This study aimed to explore DNA methylation-based tumor deconvolution into latent methylation components (LMCs) to evaluate their potential as objective grading tools in a cohort of 137 IDH-mutant gliomas. LMCs were analyzed in relation to malignancy markers, cellular composition, and underlying methylation signatures of the chromatin landscape. Glioma subtypes were associated with distinct LMCs. Two LMCs correlated with higher cellular density and advanced epigenetic age as well as with microvascular proliferation, necrosis, and epigenetically defined high-grade astrocytoma. The epigenetic patterns defining high-grade astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma, respectively, were similar. Higher-grade oligodendrogliomas, identified by LMC-based grading, were associated with more copy number alterations. Among patients of an external cohort who died during the assessment period, higher LMC1 proportions were associated with poorer overall survival. Therefore, LMCs hold the potential to support IDH-mutant glioma grading by incorporating objective epigenetic markers.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticOligodendrogliomaAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansIsocitrate DehydrogenaseMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm GradingYoung AdultIsocitrate DehydrogenaseCNS WHO gradingEpigenetic brain tumor classificationIDH mutant gliomaLatent methylation componentOligodendroglioma

Identifiers

PMID40849395
PMCPMC12374884

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.