Pilocytic Astrocytoma with Specific Gene Signature

Abstract

Researchers at Universite de la Mediterranee, and other centers in Marseille, France, using the microarray technique to compare the transcriptional profiles of five optic pathway, hypothalamo-chiasmatic and six cerebellar pilocytic astrocytomas, found that these 2 tumors are genetically distinct and topography-dependent entities.

Keywords

• astrocytomas
• third ventricle
• gliomagenesis