Clinical, Electrodiagnostic, and Genetic Features of Tangier Disease in an Adolescent Girl with Presentation of Peripheral Neuropathy
Per H, Canpolat M, Bayram A, Ulgen E, Baran B, Kardas F, Gumus H, Kumandas S, Bilguvar K, Çağlayan A. Clinical, Electrodiagnostic, and Genetic Features of Tangier Disease in an Adolescent Girl with Presentation of Peripheral Neuropathy. Neuropediatrics 2015, 46: 420-423. PMID: 26479764, DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1565275.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral neuropathyTangier diseaseLipid electrophoresisHigh-density lipoprotein levelsPlasma high-density lipoprotein levelsCassette transporter 1 (ABCA1) geneWhole-exome sequencingLike neuropathyPediatric patientsFemale patientsHDL cholesterolLipoprotein levelsSystemic findingsHDL levelsDifferential diagnosisAsymptomatic sisterNeuropathyPatientsTransporter 1 geneDiagnostic testsExome sequencingAdolescent girlsDiagnosisGenetic featuresGenetic diagnosisSomatic POLE mutations cause an ultramutated giant cell high-grade glioma subtype with better prognosis
Erson-Omay EZ, Çağlayan AO, Schultz N, Weinhold N, Omay SB, Özduman K, Köksal Y, Li J, Serin Harmancı A, Clark V, Carrión-Grant G, Baranoski J, Çağlar C, Barak T, Coşkun S, Baran B, Köse D, Sun J, Bakırcıoğlu M, Moliterno Günel J, Pamir MN, Mishra-Gorur K, Bilguvar K, Yasuno K, Vortmeyer A, Huttner AJ, Sander C, Günel M. Somatic POLE mutations cause an ultramutated giant cell high-grade glioma subtype with better prognosis. Neuro-Oncology 2015, 17: 1356-1364. PMID: 25740784, PMCID: PMC4578578, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nov027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-grade gliomasSomatic POLE mutationsPOLE mutationsMalignant high-grade gliomasLonger progression-free survivalProgression-free survivalSomatic mutationsOverall survivalPediatric patientsBetter prognosisClinical featuresImproved prognosisClinical behaviorImmune cellsBizarre cellsAggressive formGlioblastoma multiformeDisease pathophysiologyMolecular subgroupsHomozygous germline mutationGermline mutationsPrognosisGlioma subtypesComprehensive genomic analysisDistinct subgroups