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- Ning Lin
- Wei Yan
- Kaiming Gao
- Yinyi Wang
- Junxia Zhang
- Yongping You
Abstract
Background: Glioblastoma can be classified into four distinct molecular subtypes (Proneural, Neural, Classical and Mesenchymal), based on gene expression profiling. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, clinicopathologic features and overall survival (OS) of the four molecular subtypes among all malignant gliomas. Methods: A total of 941 gene expression arrays with clinical data were obtained from the Rembrandt, GSE16011 and CGGA datasets. Molecular subtypes were predicted with a prediction analysis of microarray. Results: Among 941 malignant gliomas, 32.73% were Proneural, 15.09% Neural, 19.77% Classical and 32.41% Mesenchymal. The Proneural and Neural subtypes occurred largely in low-grade gliomas, while the Classical and Mesenchymal subtypes were more frequent in high-grade gliomas. A survival analysis showed that the Proneural subtype displayed a good prognosis, Neural had an intermediate correlation with overall survival, Mesenchymal had a worse prognosis than Neural, and Classical had the worst clinical outcome. Furthermore, oligodendrocytomas were preferentially assigned to the Proneural subtype, while the Mesenchymal subtype included a higher percentage of astrocytomas, compared with oligodendrocytomas. Additionally, nearly all classical gliomas harbored EGFR amplifications. Classical anaplastic gliomas have similar clinical outcomes as their glioblastoma counterparts and should be treated more aggressively. Conclusions: Molecular subtypes exist stably in all histological malignant gliomas subtypes. This could be an important improvement to histological diagnoses for both prognosis evaluations and clinical outcome predictions.
Suggested Citation
Ning Lin & Wei Yan & Kaiming Gao & Yinyi Wang & Junxia Zhang & Yongping You, 2014.
"Prevalence and Clinicopathologic Characteristics of the Molecular Subtypes in Malignant Glioma: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 941 Cases,"
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(4), pages 1-5, April.
Handle:
RePEc:plo:pone00:0094871
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094871
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