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A recurrent point mutation in PRKCA is a hallmark of chordoid gliomas

Authors :
Shai Rosenberg
Iva Simeonova
Franck Bielle
Maite Verreault
Bertille Bance
Isabelle Le Roux
Mailys Daniau
Arun Nadaradjane
Vincent Gleize
Sophie Paris
Yannick Marie
Marine Giry
Marc Polivka
Dominique Figarella-Branger
Marie-Hélène Aubriot-Lorton
Chiara Villa
Alexandre Vasiljevic
Emmanuèle Lechapt-Zalcman
Michel Kalamarides
Ariane Sharif
Karima Mokhtari
Stefano Maria Pagnotta
Antonio Iavarone
Anna Lasorella
Emmanuelle Huillard
Marc Sanson
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2018.

Abstract

Chordoid glioma is a slow growing diencephalic tumor whose mutational landscape is poorly characterized. Here, the authors perform whole-exome and RNA-sequencing and find that 15 of 16 chordoid glioma cases studied harbor the same PRKCA mutation which results in enhanced proliferation.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.47f7d121d4304c4ca98cb2dbb0a6edde
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04622-w