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Open AccessGenetic and epigenetic characterization of posterior pituitary tumors
Pituicytoma (PITUI), granular cell tumor (GCT), and spindle cell oncocytoma (SCO) are rare tumors of the posterior pituitary. Histologically, they may be challenging to distinguish and have been proposed to re...
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Infratentorial IDH-mutant astrocytoma is a distinct subtype
Diffuse IDH-mutant astrocytic tumors are rarely diagnosed in the cerebellum or brainstem. In this multi-institutional study, we characterized a series of primary infratentorial IDH-mutant astrocytic tumors wit...
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Open AccessGenome-wide DNA methylation profiles distinguish silent from non-silent ACTH adenomas
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Open AccessTumors diagnosed as cerebellar glioblastoma comprise distinct molecular entities
In this multi-institutional study we compiled a retrospective cohort of 86 posterior fossa tumors having received the diagnosis of cerebellar glioblastoma (cGBM). All tumors were reviewed histologically and su...
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Correction to: DNA methylation-based reclassification of olfactory neuroblastoma
In the original publication, the second name of the twentieth author was incorrect. It should read as ‘Miguel Sáinz-Jaspeado’. The original publication of the article has been updated to reflect the change. Th...
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Anaplastic astrocytoma with piloid features, a novel molecular class of IDH wildtype glioma with recurrent MAPK pathway, CDKN2A/B and ATRX alterations
Tumors with histological features of pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), but with increased mitotic activity and additional high-grade features (particularly microvascular proliferation and palisading necrosis) have o...
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DNA methylation-based reclassification of olfactory neuroblastoma
Olfactory neuroblastoma/esthesioneuroblastoma (ONB) is an uncommon neuroectodermal neoplasm thought to arise from the olfactory epithelium. Little is known about its molecular pathogenesis. For this study, a r...
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Open AccessTumour compartment transcriptomics demonstrates the activation of inflammatory and odontogenic programmes in human adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma and identifies the MAPK/ERK pathway as a novel therapeutic target
Adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas (ACPs) are clinically challenging tumours, the majority of which have activating mutations in CTNNB1. They are histologically complex, showing cystic and solid components, the ...
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Open AccessErratum: Histological criteria for atypical pituitary adenomas – data from the German pituitary adenoma registry suggests modifications
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Open AccessAdamantinomatous and papillary craniopharyngiomas are characterized by distinct epigenomic as well as mutational and transcriptomic profiles
Craniopharyngiomas (CP) are rare epithelial tumors of the sellar region. Two subtypes, adamantinomatous (adaCP) and papillary CP (papCP), were previously identified based on histomorphological and epidemiolog...
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Open AccessHistological criteria for atypical pituitary adenomas – data from the German pituitary adenoma registry suggests modifications
The term atypical pituitary adenoma (APA) was revised in the 2004 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of pituitary tumors. However, two of the four parameters required for the diagnosis of APAs were fo...
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Tumour cell migration in adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas is promoted by activated Wnt-signalling
Activating β-catenin mutations with aberrant cytoplasmic and nuclear protein accumulation are hallmarks of adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas (adaCP). These tumours tend to be associated with unfavourable and...
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A tumor-specific cellular environment at the brain invasion border of adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas
Craniopharyngiomas (CP) are benign epithelial tumors of the sellar region and can be clinicopathologically distinguished into adamantinomatous (adaCP) and papillary (papCP) variants. Both subtypes are classifi...
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Towards a clinico-pathological classification of granule cell dispersion in human mesial temporal lobe epilepsies
The dentate gyrus (DG) plays a pivotal role in the functional and anatomical organization of the hippocampus and is involved in learning and memory formation. However, the impact of structural DG abnormalities...
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Nuclear β-catenin accumulation associates with epithelial morphogenesis in craniopharyngiomas
Activation of the Wnt/wingless signalling cascade is a key mechanism in developmental morphogenesis, whereas aberrant nuclear accumulation of β-catenin in adult tissues seems to be associated with neoplastic t...
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Ex vivo therapy of malignant melanomas transplanted into organotypic brain slice cultures using inhibitors of histone deacetylases
Disease progression in patients suffering from malignant melanomas is often determined by metastatic spreading into brain parenchyma. Systemic chemotherapy regimens are, therefore, mandatory for successful tre...
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Abundant hypermethylation of SOCS-1 in clinically silent pituitary adenomas
Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) cascade are required for cytokines, growth factors, G-proteins and hormones (growth hormone and prolactin). Gatekeepers in this path...
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Common mutations of β-catenin in adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas but not in other tumours originating from the sellar region
Dysregulation of the Wnt signalling pathway contributes to developmental abnormalities and carcinogenesis of solid tumours. Here, we examined β-catenin and adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) by mutational analysis ...
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Microtubule-associated protein-2 immunoreactivity: a useful tool in the differential diagnosis of low-grade neuroepithelial tumors
Complex and variable morphological phenotypes pose a major challenge to the histopathological classification of neuroepithelial tumors. This applies in particular for low-grade gliomas and glio-neuronal tumors...
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Neural antigens in oligodendrogliomas and dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors
Oligodendrogliomas and dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNT) are frequently associated with epilepsies and share the presence of oligodendroglia-like cells with small round nuclei and optically empty ...