O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter methylation is significantly less frequent in ependymal tumours as compared to malignant astrocytic gliomas

Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2010 Jun;36(4):356-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2010.01077.x. Epub 2010 Mar 1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Astrocytoma / genetics*
  • Astrocytoma / pathology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA Methylation*
  • DNA Modification Methylases / genetics*
  • DNA Repair Enzymes / genetics*
  • Ependymoma / genetics*
  • Ependymoma / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic*
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins / genetics*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • DNA Modification Methylases
  • MGMT protein, human
  • DNA Repair Enzymes