Children and young adults with glioblastoma (GBM) have a median survival rate of only 12 to 15 months, and these GBMs are clinically and biologically distinct from histologically similar cancers in older adults. They are defined by highly specific mutations in the gene encoding the histone H3.3 variant H3F3A, occurring either at or close to key residues marked by methylation for regulation of transcription-K27 ...
The authors would like to thank Dr. Steve Jackson's Laboratory at the University of Cambridge for the MRE11 antibody and Dr. Sandra Costa from ICVS, University of Minho, for the disease-free controls DNA ; High grade gliomas (HGG) are one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in children, and there is increasing evidence that pediatric HGG may harbor distinct molecular characteristics compared to adul...
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