Entry
Name
Glioma - Prionailurus bengalensis (leopard cat)
Description
Gliomas are the most common of the primary brain tumors and account for more than 40% of all central nervous system neoplasms. Gliomas include tumours that are composed predominantly of astrocytes (astrocytomas), oligodendrocytes (oligodendrogliomas), mixtures of various glial cells (for example,oligoastrocytomas) and ependymal cells (ependymomas). The most malignant form of infiltrating astrocytoma - glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) - is one of the most aggressive human cancers. GBM may develop de novo (primary glioblastoma) or by progression from low-grade or anaplastic astrocytoma (secondary glioblastoma). Primary glioblastomas develop in older patients and typically show genetic alterations (EGFR amplification, p16/INK4a deletion, and PTEN mutations) at frequencies of 24-34%. Secondary glioblastomas develop in younger patients and frequently show overexpression of PDGF and CDK4 as well as p53 mutations (65%) and loss of Rb playing major roles in such transformations. Loss of PTEN has been implicated in both pathways, although it is much more common in the pathogenesis of primary GBM.
Class
Human Diseases; Cancer: specific types
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Organism
Prionailurus bengalensis (leopard cat) [GN:
pbg ]
Gene
122477450 EGF; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: pro-epidermal growth factor [KO:K04357 ]
122471191 PDGFA; platelet-derived growth factor subunit A isoform X1 [KO:K04359 ]
122472773 PDGFB; platelet-derived growth factor subunit B isoform X1 [KO:K17386 ]
122496268 PLCG1; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase gamma-1 isoform X1 [KO:K01116 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
122467625 CALML4; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: calmodulin-like protein 4 [KO:K02183 ]
122487629 CAMK2B; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit beta isoform X1 [KO:K04515 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
122493437 CAMK2A; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K04515 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
122476883 CAMK2D; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit delta isoform X1 [KO:K04515 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
122493468 CAMK2G; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit gamma isoform X1 [KO:K04515 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
122482064 PIK3CD; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
122491710 PIK3CA; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
122491934 PIK3CB; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
122487093 PIK3R2; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta [KO:K02649 ]
122480440 PIK3R3; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma [KO:K02649 ]
122489641 PIK3R1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
122480620 GADD45A; growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD45 alpha [KO:K04402 ]
122486654 GADD45B; growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD45 beta [KO:K04402 ]
122474523 GADD45G; growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD45 gamma [KO:K04402 ]
Compound
C01245 D-myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
C05981 Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate
Reference
Authors
Soni D, King JA, Kaye AH, Hovens CM.
Title
Genetics of glioblastoma multiforme: mitogenic signaling and cell cycle pathways converge.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Zhu Y, Parada LF.
Title
The molecular and genetic basis of neurological tumours.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Holland EC.
Title
Gliomagenesis: genetic alterations and mouse models.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Bansal K, Liang ML, Rutka JT.
Title
Molecular biology of human gliomas.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Tabuchi K (ed).
Title
[Gliomas: Research and therapy] (In Japanese)
Journal
Springer-Verlag Tokyo (2006)
Reference
Authors
Kapoor GS, O'Rourke DM.
Title
Mitogenic signaling cascades in glial tumors.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Hulleman E, Helin K.
Title
Molecular mechanisms in gliomagenesis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Schlessinger J.
Title
Cell signaling by receptor tyrosine kinases.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Ng HK, Lam PY.
Title
The molecular genetics of central nervous system tumors.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Knobbe CB, Merlo A, Reifenberger G.
Title
Pten signaling in gliomas.
Journal
Related pathway
pbg04060 Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction
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