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YAP1-fusions in pediatric NF2-wildtype meningioma

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Acknowledgements

We thank L. Dörner and H. Y. Nguyen for skillful technical assistance and the microarray unit of the DKFZ Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility for providing Illumina DNA methylation array-related services. This study was supported by the German Cancer Aid (70112956) and Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (EKFS 2015_A60). FS is a fellow of the Else Kröner Excellence Program of the Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (EKFS 2017_EKES.24).

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  1. Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Philipp Sievers, Daniel Schrimpf, Damian Stichel, Belen Casalini, David E. Reuss, Andrey Korshunov, Andreas von Deimling & Felix Sahm

  2. Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

    Philipp Sievers, Daniel Schrimpf, Damian Stichel, Belen Casalini, David E. Reuss, Andrey Korshunov, Andreas von Deimling & Felix Sahm

  3. Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA

    Jason Chiang, James Dalton & David W. Ellison

  4. Bioinformatics and Omics Data Analytics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

    Nagarajan Paramasivam & Matthias Schlesner

  5. Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany

    Martin Sill, Kristian W. Pajtler, Andrey Korshunov, David T. W. Jones, Stefan M. Pfister & Felix Sahm

  6. Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

    Martin Sill, Kristian W. Pajtler & Stefan M. Pfister

  7. Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada

    Tenzin Gayden & Nada Jabado

  8. Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada

    Tenzin Gayden & Nada Jabado

  9. The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada

    Tenzin Gayden & Nada Jabado

  10. Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Kristian W. Pajtler & Stefan M. Pfister

  11. Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

    Daniel Hänggi

  12. Division of Experimental Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Christel Herold-Mende

  13. Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Elisabeth Rushing

  14. Institute of Neuropathology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

    Christian Mawrin

  15. Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Michael Weller

  16. Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

    Wolfgang Wick

  17. Department of Neurology and Neurooncology Program, National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

    Wolfgang Wick

  18. Pediatric Glioma Research Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

    David T. W. Jones

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Sievers, P., Chiang, J., Schrimpf, D. et al. YAP1-fusions in pediatric NF2-wildtype meningioma. Acta Neuropathol 139, 215–218 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-019-02095-9

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