Expression of the multidrug-resistance P-glycoprotein (Pgp, MDR-1) by endothelial cells of the neovasculature in central nervous system tumors.

abstract：:A 43-year-old woman who had undergone breast cancer surgery 1 year previously complained of headache and nausea. Her brain computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a well-circumscribed, heterogeneously enhanced tumor in the right thalamus. She underwent gross total resection of the tum...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Akimoto J,Namatame H,Haraoka J,Kudo M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family members catalyze extracellular proteolysis. Recent reports have suggested that expression of MMP-2 and -9 might play a critical role in neoplastic tissue invasion or metastasis. In this study, the relationship between the expression of MMP-2 and -9 and the histological feature...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Komatsu K,Nakanishi Y,Nemoto N,Hori T,Sawada T,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT) is a relatively new nosologic entity. First described in 1988, it is now included in the "neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumours" category in the revised 2000 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Tumours of the Nervous System. The collective experience of mo...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Kurtkaya-Yapicier O,Elmaci I,Boran B,Kiliç T,Sav A,Pamir MN

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma with a primitive neuronal component (GBM-PN) was renamed from glioblastoma with primitive neuroectodermal tumor-like component (GBM-PNET) in the new WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system in 2016. GBM-PN is a rare variant of glioblastoma. There were not so many publications on the inve...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Xu G,Zheng H,Li JY

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT), a recently established central nervous system tumor entity, occurs in children and is more malignant than medulloblastoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET). We report here a case of AT/RT in a male infant who was 9 months old at the time of diagnosis. Magnetic resonance ...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Inenaga C,Toyoshima Y,Mori H,Nishiyama K,Tanaka R,Takahashi H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1), a neutral amino acid transport agent, is essential for the transport of large neutral amino acids. LAT1 also corresponds to tumor-associated gene-1 (TA1), an oncofetal antigen that is expressed primarily in fetal tissues and cancer cells such as glioma cells. We have investigate...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Nawashiro H,Otani N,Uozumi Y,Ooigawa H,Toyooka T,Suzuki T,Katoh H,Tsuzuki N,Ohnuki A,Shima K,Shinomiya N,Matsuo H,Kanai Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilms' tumour-1 (WT-1) protein m-RNA was recently demonstrated in meningiomas, suggesting the potential application of WT-1 immunotherapy in these tumours. The aim of the present study was to analyze the immunohistochemical expression of WT-1 protein, its correlation with the clinico-pathological variables and associa...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Barresi V,Caffo M,Branca G,Vitarelli E,Tuccari G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to clarify the expression and gene copy number levels of protein phosphatase 1D magnesium-dependent, delta isoform (PPM1D), which is thought to be a regulator of the p53 protein in meningiomas of all three different WHO grades. Genomic DNA and mRNA were extracted from frozen tissues of meningi...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Fukami S,Riemenschneider MJ,Kohno M,Steiger HJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have suggested an important clinical role for hypermethylation of the O(6)-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter in patients with glioblastomas. Whether MGMT protein expression is correlated with promoter hypermethylation and patient outcomes, however, has not been elucidated. Here we desc...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Araki Y,Mizoguchi M,Yoshimoto K,Shono T,Amano T,Nakamizo A,Suzuki SO,Iwaki T,Sasaki T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ollier disease (OD) and Maffucci syndrome are rare conditions due to a post-zygotic somatic mutation that results in mosaicism. In addition to enchondromas and hemangiomas, some of these patients also develop other unrelated tumors, such as gliomas, that harbor IDH mutations, suggesting that an IDH mutation is a commo...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Tan CL,Vellayappan B,Wu B,Yeo TT,McLendon RE

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse gliomas are highly infiltrative intracranial tumors, but there are few useful markers for detecting infiltrating glioma cells in the surrounding brain tissue. Doublecortin (DCX) is a microtubule-associated protein (MAP) that plays a crucial role in neuroblast migration. It was recently demonstrated that DCX is...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Masui K,Mawatari SY,Suzuki SO,Iwaki T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although tissue confirmation is essential for a diagnosis of primary central nervous system large B-cell lymphoma (PCNSBL), accurate assessment may still be difficult, even when tissue is obtained. We report a 59-year-old man, first diagnosed as multiple sclerosis by open biopsy at another institution, who was then co...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Utsuki S,Oka H,Miyazaki T,Yamazaki T,Yasui Y,Fujii K,Kawano N,Tokuyama W,Iwabuchi K,Okayasu I,Yagishita S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although antiangiogenic treatment for malignant glioma using bevacizumab in combination with irinotecan chemotherapy has a promising effect on survival, the high incidence of increasing infiltrative tumors can be a problem in resistance to antiangiogenic therapy. In this study, we detected failure of bevacizumab treat...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Takano S,Mashiko R,Osuka S,Ishikawa E,Ohneda O,Matsumura A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of glioblastomas, patient outcomes for these highly malignant tumors remain poor. Research into the molecular pathology of glioblastoma has uncovered various genetic changes that contribute to malignancy. Some of the identified molecular markers--such as loss of h...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Mizoguchi M,Kuga D,Guan Y,Hata N,Nakamizo A,Yoshimoto K,Sasaki T

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and histological characteristics of oligodendroglioma and oligoastrocytoma were investigated in patients, mainly adults with supratentorial tumors, who were treated with surgery and radiotherapy, and with chemotherapy for recurrent, anaplastic tumors, or both. The median survival time was 13.2 years for o...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Tamura M,Zama A,Kurihara H,Kano T,Imai H,Ishiuchi S,Iwai T,Naito I

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now compelling evidence that gliomas harbor a small population of cells, termed glioma-initiating cells (GICs), characterized by their ability to undergo self-renewal and initiate tumorigenesis. The development of therapeutic strategies targeted toward GIC signaling may improve the treatment of malignant glio...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Natsume A,Kinjo S,Yuki K,Kato T,Ohno M,Motomura K,Iwami K,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed the histopathological and physiological characteristics of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting adenoma cells derived from a rapidly growing pituitary adenoma, which have firm cell attachment and well-preserved hormonal function in a relatively longterm culture. Corticotrophs, obtained from a 43-ye...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Abe T,Tachikawa T,Sasaki A,Taniyama M,Okamura Y,Izumiyama H,Matsumoto K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic infundibulo-neurohypophysitis (LINH) was first reported by Saito et al. and Imura et al. as a cause of idiopathic central diabetes insipidus. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with a contrast medium demonstrates thickening of the pituitary stalk, enlargement of the neurohypophysis, or both with homogeneous e...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Abe T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastomas with myogenic differentiation, previously termed medullomyoblastomas, form rare variants of medulloblastomas. Occasional tumors showing combined myogenic differentiation and melanotic tubular structures have also been described. On studying the records of a tertiary-care super specialty hospital, of 8...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Majumdar K,Tyagi I,Saran RK,Sakhuja P,Sharma A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary tumor of the pineal region (PTPR) was recently added to the 2007 WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system as a rare pineal tumor. We present a case of a 17-year-old man who developed a 3-cm pineal tumor that was incompletely excised following two operations. The pathological findings presen...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Yano H,Ohe N,Nakayama N,Shinoda J,Iwama T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations on the NAB2-STAT6 fusion gene in solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) and hemangiopericytomas (HPCs) have increased since its discovery in 2013. Although several SFTs reported without NAB2-STAT6 fusion gene analysis, we reviewed 546 SFTs/HPCs with NAB2-STAT6 fusion gene analysis in this study and investigated...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Nakada S,Minato H,Nojima T

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningioma is the most common intracranial tumor, arising from arachnoid cells of the meninges. Monosomy 22 and inactivating mutations of NF2 are well-known genetic alterations of meningiomas. More recently, mutations in TRAF7, AKT1, KLF4, SMO, and PIK3CA were identified by next-generation sequencing. We here reviewed...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Yuzawa S,Nishihara H,Tanaka S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative rapid diagnosis has been a useful neurosurgery tool for maximal resection and minimal morbidity. However, only a few studies have been conducted regarding diagnostic accuracy and associated problems. The present study reviews our experience in treating patients and investigates the accuracy and problems...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Uematsu Y,Owai Y,Okita R,Tanaka Y,Itakura T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell glioblastoma is a histological subtype of glioblastoma with characteristic features of highly proliferative, monotonous small glial cells with high nuclear cytoplasm ratio. Morphologically, malignant lymphoma or small cell metastatic carcinoma should be carefully discriminated. Some cases are difficult to d...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Takahashi K,Tsuda M,Kanno H,Murata J,Mahabir R,Ishida Y,Kimura T,Tanino M,Nishihara H,Nagashima K,Tanaka S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangioblastoma is composed of neoplastic stromal cells and a prominent capillary network. To date, the identity of stromal cells remains unclear. Mesenchymal stem cells can give rise to committed vascular progenitor cells, and ephrin-B2/EphB4 and Notch signaling have crucial roles in these steps. The aim of our stud...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Takada S,Hojo M,Takebe N,Tanigaki K,Miyamoto S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that tissue hypoxia and apoptosis play important roles in the malignant progression of brain tumors. We investigated the relationship of 14-3-3zeta (an apoptosis-related protein), HIF-1α, and VEGF immunohistochemistry, and evaluated the prognostic value of their expression in human brain...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Cao WD,Kawai N,Miyake K,Zhang X,Fei Z,Tamiya T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IDH-mutant and 1p/19q co-deletion (1p19q codel) provides significant diagnostic and prognostic value in lower-grade gliomas. As ATRX mutation and 1p19q codel are mutually exclusive, ATRX immunohistochemistry (IHC) may substitute for 1p19q codel, but this has not been comprehensively examined. In the current study,...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Yamamichi A,Ohka F,Aoki K,Suzuki H,Kato A,Hirano M,Motomura K,Tanahashi K,Chalise L,Maeda S,Wakabayashi T,Kato Y,Natsume A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelioid glioblastomas (E-GBMs) are rare, highly aggressive tumors consisting of closely packed tumor cells with smooth, round cell borders and abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm. They tend to affect younger patients compared with conventional GBM. BRAF V600E mutation is characteristically found in approximately 50% o...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Funata N,Nobusawa S,Yamada R,Shinoura N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the use of RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction), Northern blot analysis, and Western blot analysis, seven primary brain lymphomas were examined for the state of the MMACI tumor suppressor gene. Nucleotide analysis of RT-PCR clones revealed no abnormality in the MMAC1 coding sequence in each ca...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Ding X,Endo S,Zhang SJ,Saito T,Kouno M,Kuroiwa T,Washiyama K,Kumanishi T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary tumor of the pineal region (PTPR) is a recently described neoplasm. Several studies have been published on this tumor, but its pathological features and the appropriate treatment remain unclear. PTPR is reported to originate from ependymal cells in the subcommissural organ. Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 (...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Ishida A,Shibuya M,Komori T,Nobusawa S,Niimura K,Matsuo S,Hori T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00