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Ota T. Letter to the Editor Regarding "Cerebellar Arteriovenous Malformation with Coexistent Hemangioblastoma". World Neurosurg 2021; 150:213. [PMID: 34098634 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Takahiro Ota
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
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Zeng X, Zhan Q, Gao Y, Cui N, Dong M, Feng L, Chu L, Liu J. The Coexistence of Gliosarcoma and Arteriovenous Malformation with the BRAF V600E Mutation. World Neurosurg 2020; 134:594-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.11.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Linsenmann T, Westermaier T, Monoranu C, Amaya F, Keßler A, Ernestus RI, Löhr M, Stetter C. Malignant "Angioglioma": Clinical, Radiologic, and Histopathologic Features. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2020; 81:418-22. [PMID: 31962357 DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1698389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most frequent malignant neoplasm in the adult brain. In contrast, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are presumably congenital lesions, usually presenting with hemorrhage. Hypervascular low-grade gliomas associated with AVMs were previously called "angioglioma." An association of AVMs and GBM was also described. STUDY AIMS We discuss the data of the largest series of locally coincident GBM with AVM in a single institution so far. All analyses were explorative only. PATIENTS We report a series of four patients presenting at our department from 2006 to 2014. All patients underwent surgery. The cases were analyzed regarding initial presentation, clinical findings, tumor localization, and histopathologic results. CONCLUSIONS A local coincidence of cerebral AVM and GBM is rare. Only a few reports can be found in the literature. The radiologic as well as the clinical presentations are individual. Proangiogenic factors are discussed as involved in the appearance of both entities in the same location. However, the presence of pathologic vessels within malignant gliomas is well known to all neurosurgeons and proangiogenic activity has been proven. Therefore, it seems possible that tumor activity itself contributes to the pathogenesis of a vascular malformation.
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Uppar A, Konar SK, B N N, Shukla D. H3K27M-Positive Primary Spinal Glioblastoma Presenting with Hemorrhage-A Rare Clinical Entity. World Neurosurg 2019; 126:223-227. [PMID: 30876988 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Primary spinal glioblastoma multiforme is a rare and aggressive spinal tumor with dismal outcomes CASE DESCRIPTION: We have presented an unusual case-the first, to the best of our knowledge, to be reported-with intratumoral hemorrhage and sudden-onset quadriplegia in a patients with primary spinal glioblastoma multiforme. The patient underwent emergency surgical decompression. The patient died after a prolonged intensive care unit stay. CONCLUSION The tumor was positive for histone molecular alteration, H3K27M.
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- Alok Uppar
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
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- Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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Tunthanathip T, Kanjanapradit K. Glioblastoma Multiforme Associated with Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report and Literature Review. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2019; 23:103-106. [PMID: 32055129 PMCID: PMC7001429 DOI: 10.4103/aian.aian_219_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Although microvascular proliferation can be observed in glioblastoma, obvious vascularity coupled with coexisting cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is extremely rare. This report is of a rare case of glioblastoma, coexisting with a cerebral AVM. A 20-year-old male presented with progressive right hemiparesis within 1 month. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large bleeding tumor with surrounding dilated vessels. Cerebral angiography demonstrated a left frontal AVM with a 1.2 cm nidus. The patient underwent preoperative embolization and radical resection. The coincidence of glioma and AVM was a rare association. However, the concept of hypervascular glioblastoma has been used in different states from different literature reviews; therefore, the role of proangiogenic factors should be addressed
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- Thara Tunthanathip
- Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Songklanagarind Hospital, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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Lohkamp LN, Strong C, Rojas R, Anderson M, Laviv Y, Kasper EM. Hypervascular glioblastoma multiforme or arteriovenous malformation associated Glioma? A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge: A case report. Surg Neurol Int 2016; 7:S883-S888. [PMID: 27999714 PMCID: PMC5154202 DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.194506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Background: Simultaneous presentation of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is rarely reported in the literature and needs to be differentiated from “angioglioma”, a highly vascular glioma and other differential diagnosis such as hypervascular glioblastoma. Incorporating critical features of both, malignant glioma and AVM, such lesions lack a standard algorithm for diagnosis and therapy due to their rare incidence as well as their complex radiological and highly individualized clinical presentation. Case Description: We present a case of a 71-year-old female with newly developing motor deficits and radiographic findings of a heterogeneously contrast enhancing right-sided thalamic lesion with highly prominent vasculature. While computed tomography angiogram and cerebral digital subtraction angiography supported the diagnosis of AVM, contrast-enhancing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and MR-spectroscopy was suggestive of malignant glioma. A stereotactic biopsy revealed the diagnosis of a GBM (WHO IV) and the patient was treated accordingly. Conclusion: The coincidental presentation of vascular lesions such as AVM and malignant glioma is rare and presents a major challenge when establishing a diagnosis. The respective treatment decision is complicated by the fact that available treatment modalities (e.g. radiosurgery and/or open resection) carry disease specific complications for each entity. Finding a suitable solution for such cases requires standardization of early diagnostic and therapeutic management.
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- Laura-Nanna Lohkamp
- Department of Neurosurgery with Pediatric Neurosurgery, Charité-University Medicine, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Huang WJ, Chen WW, Zhang X. Glioblastoma multiforme: Effect of hypoxia and hypoxia inducible factors on therapeutic approaches. Oncol Lett 2016; 12:2283-2288. [PMID: 27698790 PMCID: PMC5038353 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2016.4952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Central nervous system-based cancers have a much higher mortality rate with the 2016 estimates at 6.4 for incidence and 4.3 for deaths per 100,000 individuals. Grade IV astrocytomas, known as glioblastomas are highly aggressive and show a high proliferation index, diffused infiltration, angiogenesis, microvascular proliferation and pleomorphic vessels, resistance to apoptosis, and pseudopalisading necrosis. Extensive hypoxic regions in glioblastomas contribute to the highly malignant phenotype of these tumors. Hypoxic regions of glioblastoma exacerbate the prognosis and clinical outcomes of the patients as hypoxic tumor cells are resistant to chemo- and radiation therapy and are also protected by the malfunctional vasculature that developed due to hypoxia. Predominantly, hypoxia-inducible factor-1α, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/VEGF receptor, transforming growth factor-β, epidermal growth factor receptor and PI3 kinase/Akt signaling systems are involved in tumor progression and growth. Glioblastomas are predominantly glycolytic and hypoxia-induced factors are useful in the metabolic reprogramming of these tumors. Abnormal vessel formation is crucial in generating pseudopalisading necrosis regions that protect cancer stem cells residing in that region from therapeutic agents and this facilitates the cancer stem cell niche to expand and contribute to cell proliferation and tumor growth. Therapeutic approaches that target hypoxia-induced factors, such as use of the monoclonal antibody against VEGF, bevacizumab, have been useful only in stabilizing the disease but failed to increase overall survival. Hypoxia-activated TH-302, a nitroimidazole prodrug of cytotoxin bromo-isophosphoramide mustard, appears to be more attractive due to its better beneficial effects in glioblastoma patients. A better understanding of the hypoxia-mediated protection of glioblastoma cells is required for developing more effective therapeutics.
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- Wen-Juan Huang
- Department of Neurology, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221009, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221009, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221009, P.R. China
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Akbari A, Farahnejad Z, Akhtari J, Abastabar M, Mobini GR, Mehbod ASA. Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin B Down-Regulates the Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta (TGF-β) Signaling Transducers in Human Glioblastoma. Jundishapur J Microbiol 2016; 9:e27297. [PMID: 27540448 PMCID: PMC4976063 DOI: 10.5812/jjm.27297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2015] [Revised: 08/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background It has been revealed that Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B (SEB) may feature anti-cancer and anti-metastatic advantages due to its ability to modify cell immunity processes and signaling pathways. Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive human cancers; it has a high mortality nature, which makes it an attractive area for the development of novel therapies. Objectives We examined whether the SEB could exert its growth inhibitory effects on glioblastoma cells partially through the manipulation of a key tumor growth factor termed transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β). Materials and Methods A human primary glioblastoma cell line, U87, was treated with different concentrations of SEB. The cell quantity was measured by the MTT assay at different exposure times. For molecular assessments, total ribonucleic acid (RNA) was extracted from either non-treated or SEB-treated cells. Subsequently, the gene expression of TGF-β transducers, smad2/3, at the messenger RNA (mRNA) level, was analyzed via a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) using the SYBR Green method. Significant differences between cell viability and gene expression levels were determined (Prism 5.0 software) using one-way analyses of variance (ANOVA) test. Results We reported that SEB could effectively down-regulate smad2/3 expression in glioblastoma cells at concentrations as quantity as 1 μg/mL and 2 μg/mL (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively). The SEB concentrations effective at regulating smad2/3 expression were correlated with those used to inhibit the proliferation of glioblastoma cells. Our results also showed that SEB was able to decrease smad2/3 expression at the mRNA level in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Conclusions We suggested that SEB could represent an agent that can significantly decrease smad2/3 expression in glioblastoma cells, leading to moderate TGF-β growth signaling and the reduction of tumor cell proliferation.
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- Abolfazl Akbari
- Colorectal Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Department of Medical Mycology, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Immunogenetic Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IR Iran
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- Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, Invasive Fungi Research Center, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IR Iran
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- Medical Plants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, IR Iran
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- Department of Medical Mycology, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
- Corresponding author: Amir Seied Ali Mehbod, Department of Medical Mycology, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran. Tel: +98-2188028350, Fax: +98-2188028350, E-mail:
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LIU YAOLING, YANG KANG, SUN XU, LI XINYU, WEI MINGHAI, SHI XIANG, CHE NINGWEI, YIN JIAN. A case of mushroom-shaped anaplastic oligodendroglioma resembling meningioma and arteriovenous malformation: Inadequacies of diagnostic imaging. Exp Ther Med 2015; 10:1499-1502. [DOI: 10.3892/etm.2015.2676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Lai G, Muller KA, Carter BS, Chen CC. Arteriovenous malformation within an isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 mutated anaplastic oligodendroglioma. Surg Neurol Int 2015; 6:S295-9. [PMID: 26167373 PMCID: PMC4496836 DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.159373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Accepted: 04/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background: The co-occurrence of intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and cerebral neoplasms is exceedingly rare but may harbor implications pertaining to the molecular medicine of brain cancer pathogenesis. Case Description: Here, we present a case of de novo AVM within an isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 mutated anaplastic oligodendroglioma (WHO Grade III) and review the potential contribution of this mutation to aberrant angiogenesis as an interesting case study in molecular medicine. Conclusion: The co-occurrence of an IDH1 mutated neoplasm and AVM supports the hypothesis that IDH1 mutations may contribute to aberrant angiogenesis and vascular malformation.
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- Grace Lai
- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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Linsenmann T, Westermaier T, Vince GH, Monoranu CM, Löhr M, Ernestus RI, Stetter C. Primary Spinal Glioblastoma Multiforme with Secondary Manifestation as a Cerebral "Angioglioma." Literature Review and Case Report. J Neurol Surg Rep 2015; 76:e128-34. [PMID: 26251789 PMCID: PMC4520969 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1549227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Primary intramedullary spinal glioblastoma multiforme (sGBM) with a secondary cerebral manifestation is a very rare entity with a poor outcome. Case studies show a mean average of survival of 10 months after diagnosis. These tumors tend to develop at a young age. A combination with an arteriovenous malformation in the same location has never been published before. Vascular malformations in association with cerebral glioblastomas have only been reported in five cases so far. Proangiogenic factors are assumed to be involved in the appearance of both entities. We present a case study and a review of the literature.
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- Thomas Linsenmann
- Department of Neurosurgery, Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg, Germany
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Ge J, Li L, Jin Q, Liu YC, Zhao L, Song HH. Functional IRGM polymorphism is associated with language impairment in glioma and upregulates cytokine expressions. Tumour Biol 2014; 35:8343-8. [PMID: 24859836 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-2091-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Immunity-related GTPase family M protein (IRGM) is a human protein recently highlighted for its contribution to autophagy upon infections. Evidences have shown that IRGM may also play critical roles in the pathogenesis of cancer. However, correlation between IRGM and glioma remains unclear. In the current study, we investigated two IRGM genetic polymorphisms, rs10065172C/T and rs13361189T/C, in glioma and their effects on cytokine expression. Data showed that prevalences of rs13361189TC genotype were significantly increased in glioma patients than in healthy controls (odds ratio (OR) = 1.53, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.05-2.24, P = 0.028), and frequency of polymorphic rs13361189CC genotype was further elevated (OR = 2.43, 95 % CI 1.43-4.14, P = 0.001). Interestingly, rs13361189TC and CC genotypes revealed a strong association with language impairment in glioma patients (OR = 2.16, P = 0.023; OR = 3.71, P = 0.001, respectively). When analyzing these two polymorphisms with related cytokine expression, we observed that subjects carrying rs13361189CC genotype had higher serum level of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) than those with wild-type TT genotype (P < 0.01). In addition, subjects with rs13361189TC and CC genotypes presented elevated serum level of interleukin 4 (IL-4) than those with TT genotype. These data indicate a potential role of IRGM in the development of glioma probably by affecting IFN-γ and IL-4.
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- Jing Ge
- College of Humanities and Law, North China University of Technology, Beijing, 100144, China
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Khanna A, Venteicher AS, Walcott BP, Kahle KT, Mordes DA, William CM, Ghogawala Z, Ogilvy CS. Glioblastoma mimicking an arteriovenous malformation. Front Neurol 2013; 4:144. [PMID: 24137154 PMCID: PMC3786388 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2013] [Accepted: 09/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Abnormal cerebral vasculature can be a manifestation of a vascular malformation or a neoplastic process. We report the case of a patient with angiography-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) who re-presented 3 years later with a large intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Although imaging following the intraparenchymal hemorrhage was suggestive of arteriovenous malformation, the patient was ultimately found to have an extensive glioblastoma associated with abnormal tumor vasculature. The case emphasizes the need for magnetic resonance imaging to investigate angiography-negative SAH in suspicious cases to rule out occult etiologies, such as neoplasm. We also discuss diagnostic pitfalls when brain tumors are associated with hemorrhage and abnormal vasculature.
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