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ArticleGenes, chromosomes & cancer2025

Molecular Landscape of Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas: Insights From RNA-NGS and Bioinformatic Analysis.

Petr Brož, Martina Strnadová, Denisa Olejníková, Johana Kotiš, Tereza Pospíšilíková, Adéla Mišove, Miroslav Koblížek, Josef Zámečník, Michal Zápotocký, David Sumerauer and 5 more

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Article in Genes, chromosomes & cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Petr BrožDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-6779-7718
Martina StrnadováDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0009-0003-1304-2920
Denisa OlejníkováDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0009-0005-2879-3801
Johana KotišDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0009-0005-1553-0789
Tereza PospíšilíkováDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0009-0006-3410-0052
Adéla MišoveDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-1423-8867
Miroslav KoblížekDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-8422-732X
Josef ZámečníkDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-8697-9632
Michal ZápotockýDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-9013-2546
David SumerauerDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-4988-9974
Aleš VíchaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-3075-5554
Martin KynčlDepartment of Radiology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-2516-1196
Petr LibýDepartment of Neurosurgery, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-8392-795X
Vladimír BenešDepartment of Neurosurgery, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-7269-0392
Lenka KrskováDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-6113-6310

Funding

MH CZ-DRO, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic No 00064203The foundation "Nation to Children", the project "1000 Braves"The project National Institute for Cancer Research (Program EXCELES, Funded by the European Union-Next Generation EU) LX22NPO5102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGG) are the most common group of childhood brain tumors. Genetic alterations in the RAS-RAF-mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway are the molecular drivers in the vast majority of pLGG. A large proportion of pediatric pLGG are characterized by the presence of fusion genes. An institutional molecular analysis together with an RNA-NGS study was performed to reveal LGG-associated molecular alterations. In our cohort of pLGG patients, molecular alterations were identified in 318 out of 342 cases (92.9%) through a combination of RT-PCR, Sanger sequencing, and NGS methodologies. Fusion events were independently called using three fusion callers: Archer Analysis 6.0 and/or 7.0, Arriba version 2.4, and STAR-Fusion 24. Among these, STAR-Fusion had the lowest sensitivity, detecting rearrangements in only 67% of fusion-positive cases. In contrast, Arriba detected rearrangements in 97.77% of cases, while Archer detected rearrangements in 88.6% of cases. These findings highlight differences in detection efficiency among fusion callers, emphasizing the importance of tool selection in molecular diagnostics. The detection of fusion genes is very important for correct diagnosis, prognosis, and adequate targeted treatment.

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Brain NeoplasmsGliomaAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolComputational BiologyFemaleHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansInfantMaleNeoplasm GradingOncogene Proteins, FusionSequence Analysis, RNAOncogene Proteins, Fusionbioinformatics analysisfusion geneslow‐grade gliomaRNA NGS

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PMID41074694
PMCPMC12514749

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