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Liu PC, Lieu AS, Lin CJ, Tsai HP, Chai CY, Kwan AL. High Expression of Sp1 is Associated with Recurrence of Meningioma. World Neurosurg 2021; 149:e1056-e1060. [PMID: 33453428 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Meningioma has the second highest incidence among primary intracranial tumors. There is no effective treatment or targeted therapy for meningioma except excision and radiotherapy. Sp1 (specificity protein 1) is a transcription factor that regulates tumor growth, but the literature describing the relationship between Sp1 and meningioma is scarce. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Sp1 expression and the clinicopathological parameters in meningioma by immunohistochemical staining. METHODS We collected samples from 74 patients from 2008-2012 in Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, with staging and prognosis of the pathological section of the meningioma. RESULTS Our results show that Sp1 expression was significantly associated with World Health Organization grade, malignancy, and recurrence in patients with meningioma. CONCLUSIONS High expression of Sp1 in patients with meningioma was linked to poor prognosis of recurrence-free time. Therefore Sp1 may be a candidate biomarker of prognosis and therapy target in meningioma.
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- Ping-Chuan Liu
- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
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Eckenstein M, Thomas AA. Benign and malignant tumors of the central nervous system and pregnancy. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2020; 172:241-258. [PMID: 32768091 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-64240-0.00014-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) are rare entities, typically affecting the very young or the very old, but span a spectrum of disease that may present in any age group. Women of reproductive age are more likely to be affected by benign tumors, including pituitary adenomas and meningiomas, and aggressive intracranial malignancies, such as brain metastases and glioblastoma, rarely present in pregnancy. Definitive management of CNS tumors may involve multimodal therapy, including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, and each of these treatments carries risk to the mother and developing fetus. CNS tumors often present with challenging and morbid symptoms such as headache and seizure, which need to be managed throughout a pregnancy. Decisions about timing treatment during pregnancy or delaying until after delivery, continuing or electively terminating a pregnancy, and future family planning and fertility are complex and require a multidisciplinary care team to evaluate the implications to both mother and baby. There are no guidelines or consensus recommendations regarding brain tumor management in pregnancy, and thus, individual treatment decisions are made by the care team based on experiential evidence, extrapolation of guidelines for nonpregnant patients, and patient values and preferences.
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- Midori Eckenstein
- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, United States
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- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, United States.
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Yang P, Li L, Li MS, Zhou B, Kuang WP, Huang HY. Effect of postoperative systemic antipsychotic therapy on psychiatric recurrence in patients with meningiomas. Oncol Lett 2018; 16:956-962. [PMID: 29963169 PMCID: PMC6019958 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.8753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A number of patients with meningiomas and psychiatric disorders will suffer psychiatric symptom recurrence following tumorectomies. The present study reported a retrospective analysis regarding 42 cases of patients with meningiomas using complete clinical follow-up data from June 2005 to June 2013. The patients were divided into the systemic antipsychotic (SP) group (n=20) following 6months of postoperative SP therapy and the none-SP (NSP) group (n=22), who did not receive postoperative antipsychotic treatment. Patients were assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) at the time points of prior to surgery, immediately following surgery, and 6 months, 12 months and 3 years following surgery. The effective rate, recurrence rate, rehospitalization rate and survival analysis were calculated. The BPRS score and PANSS scores (including PANSS positive, PANSS negative, PANSS general psychopathology and PANSS overall) in the SP group at 6 months, 12 months and 3 years following surgery were significantly decreased compared with the NSP group (P<0.05). The effective rate was 95, 90 and 90% at 6 months, 12 months and 3 years, respectively, in the SP group, whilst it was 68.2, 63.6 and 59%, respectively, in the NSP group, which was statistically significant (χ2=4.89, χ2=4.01 and χ2=5.12; P<0.05). The recurrence rate of the SP group was 0, 5 and 10% at 6 months, 12 months and 3 years, respectively, whilst in the NSP group it was 22.7, 31.8 and 54.5%, respectively, which was statistically significant (χ2=5.16, χ2=4.89 and χ2=9.34; P<0.05). The rehospitalization rate of the SP group was 0, 0 and 5% at 6 months, 12 months and 3 years, respectively, whilst in the NSP group it was 13.6, 22.7 and 36.4%, respectively, and the data at 12 months and 3 years was statistically significant (χ2=5.16 and χ2=6.12; P<0.05). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis indicated that the accumulative survival rates of recurrence and rehospitalization in the SP group were improved compared with the NSP group. The log-rank of recurrence was χ2=9.369 (P=0.002) and the log-rank of rehospitalization was χ2=6.330 (P=0.012). In conclusion, postoperative SP therapy is of great importance to the consolidation of mental symptoms in patients with meningiomas and psychiatric symptoms, and it may significantly reduce the recurrence and rehospitalization rates.
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- Ping Yang
- Department of Psychiatrics, Hunan Brain Hospital, Changsha, Hunan 410007, P.R. China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnostics, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan 410208, P.R. China.,Department of Anatomy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan 410208, P.R. China
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- Department of Psychiatrics, Hunan Brain Hospital, Changsha, Hunan 410007, P.R. China
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- Department of Psychiatrics, Hunan Brain Hospital, Changsha, Hunan 410007, P.R. China
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- Department of Psychiatrics, Hunan Brain Hospital, Changsha, Hunan 410007, P.R. China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnostics, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan 410208, P.R. China
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Hortobágyi T, Bencze J, Murnyák B, Kouhsari MC, Bognár L, Marko-Varga G. Pathophysiology of Meningioma Growth in Pregnancy. Open Med (Wars) 2017; 12:195-200. [PMID: 28744488 PMCID: PMC5518713 DOI: 10.1515/med-2017-0029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Meningioma is among the most frequent brain tumours predominantly affecting elderly women. Epidemiological studies have shown that at the age of fertility the incidence is relatively low. The biological behaviour of meningioma in pregnancy is different from other meningiomas. The possible explanation is rooted in the complex physiological changes and hormonal differences during pregnancy. The increased meningioma growth observed in pregnancy is presumably the result of endocrine mechanisms. These include increase in progesterone, human placental lactogen (hPL) and prolactin (PRL) serum levels. In contrast, levels of pituitary hormones such as follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) produced by the placenta are decreasing in the mother prior to childbirth. Besides, vascular factors also play a crucial role. Peritumoral brain edema (PTBE), with well-known causative association with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), can often be seen both with imaging and in the surgical specimens. Our aim is to assess published research on this topic including diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines, and to provide a clinically useful overview on the pathophysiology and biological behaviour of this rare complication of pregnancy.
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- Tibor Hortobágyi
- Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98., H-4032, Hungary
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- Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Debrecen Clinical Center, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Division of Clinical Protein Science & Imaging, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Hortobágyi T, Bencze J, Varkoly G, Kouhsari MC, Klekner Á. Meningioma recurrence. Open Med (Wars) 2016; 11:168-173. [PMID: 28352788 PMCID: PMC5329819 DOI: 10.1515/med-2016-0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Meningioma accounts for more than 30% of all intracranial tumours. It affects mainly the elderly above the age of 60, at a female:male ratio of 3:2. The prognosis is variable: it is usually favourable with no progression in tumour grade and no recurrence in WHO grade 1 tumours. However, a minority of tumours represent atypical (grade 2) or anaplastic (grade 3) meningiomas; this heterogeneity is also reflected in histopathological appearances. Irrespective of the grade, the size of the tumour and the localisation may have severe, sometimes lethal consequences. Following neurosurgical interventions to remove the tumour, recurrence and progression in WHO grade may occur. Our knowledge on predisposing histomorphological and molecular factors of recurrence is rather limited. These can be classified as I) demographic II) environmental, III) genetic and epigenetic IV) imaging, V) neuropathological, and VI) neurosurgical. In view of the complex background of tumour recurrence, the recognition of often subtle signs of increased risk of recurrence requires close collaboration of experts from several medical specialties. This multidisciplinary approach results in better therapy and fewer complications related to tumour recurrence.
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- Tibor Hortobágyi
- Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98., H-4032, Hungary
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- Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Epigenetics of Meningiomas. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:532451. [PMID: 26101774 PMCID: PMC4458517 DOI: 10.1155/2015/532451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Meningiomas account for one-third of all adult central nervous system tumours and are divided into three WHO grades. In contrast to the relatively well characterized genetic alterations, our current understanding of epigenetic modifications involved in the meningioma-genesis and progression is rather incomplete. Contrary to genetic alterations, epigenetic changes do not alter the primary DNA sequence and their reversible nature serves as an excellent basis for prevention and development of novel personalised tumour therapies. Indeed, growing body of evidence suggests that disturbed epigenetic regulation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of meningiomas. Altered DNA methylation, microRNA expression, histone, and chromatin modifications are frequently noted in meningiomas bearing prognostic and therapeutic relevance. In this review we provide an overview on recently identified epigenetic alterations in meningiomas and discuss their role in tumour initiation, progression, and recurrence.
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Murnyák B, Szepesi R, Hortobágyi T. [Molecular genetics of familial tumour syndromes of the central nervous system]. Orv Hetil 2015; 156:171-7. [PMID: 25618858 DOI: 10.1556/oh.2015.30092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although most of the central nervous system tumours are sporadic, rarely they are associated with familial tumour syndromes. These disorders usually present with an autosomal dominant inheritance and neoplasia develops at younger age than in sporadic cases. Most of these tumours are bilateral, multiplex or multifocal. The causative mutations occur in genes involved in cell cycle regulation, cell growth, differentiation and DNA repair. Studying these hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes associated with nervous system tumours can facilitate the deeper understanding of the molecular background of sporadic tumours and the development of novel therapeutic agents. This review is an update on hereditary tumour syndromes with nervous system involvement with emphasis on molecular genetic characteristics and their clinical implications.
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- Balázs Murnyák
- Debreceni Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Patológiai Intézet, Neuropatológiai Tanszék Debrecen Nagyerdei krt. 98. 4032
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- Debreceni Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Orvosi Rehabilitáció és Fizikális Medicina Tanszék Debrecen Debreceni Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Neurológiai Tanszék Debrecen
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- Debreceni Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Patológiai Intézet, Neuropatológiai Tanszék Debrecen Nagyerdei krt. 98. 4032
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