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Glioblastoma (GB) is the most aggressive form of glioma and is characterized by poor prognosis and high recurrence despite intensive clinical interventions. To retrieve the key factors underlying the high malignancy of GB with potential diagnosis utility, we combined the analysis of The Cancer Gene Atlas and the REMBRANDT datasets plus a molecular examination of our own collection of surgical tumor resections. We determined a net reduction in the levels of the non-canonical histone H3 variant H3.3 in GB compared to lower-grade astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas with a concomitant increase in the levels of the canonical histone H3 variants H3.1/H3.2. This increase can be potentially useful in the clinical diagnosis of high-grade gliomas, as evidenced by an immunohistochemistry screening of our cohort and can be at least partially explained by the induction of multiple histone genes encoding these canonical forms. Moreover, GBs showing low bulk levels of the H3.1/H3.2 proteins were more transcriptionally similar to low-grade gliomas than GBs showing high levels of H3.1/H3.2. In conclusion, this study identifies an imbalanced ratio between the H3 variants associated with glioma malignancy and molecular patterns relevant to the biology of gliomas, and proposes the examination of the H3.3 and H3.1/H3.2 levels to further refine diagnosis of low- and high-grade gliomas in future studies.
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Introducción: Los linfomas MALT que afectan al riñónson muy raros; siendo la primera descripción la de Pelstringy colaboradores en 1991. Pacientes y métodos: Presentamosun caso de un varón de 71 años al que se le practicó unanefrectomía radical por laparoscopia. En el estudio delriñón se observaron un carcinoma renal, tipo de células claras,y un linfoma B, tipo MALT. Conclusiones: La presenciasimultánea en el riñón de un carcinoma renal y un linfomaMALT es extremadamente rara. Los linfomas MALTque surgen en el riñón podrían estar relacionados con unaenfermedad autoinmune, como el síndrome de Sjögren, ocon la inflamación crónica, como las pielonefritis (AU)
Introduction: Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue(MALT) lymphoma involving the kidney is extremely rare;and was first reported in 1991 by Pelstring et al. Patientsand methods: We report a case of 71 year-old man underwenta radical nephrectomy by laparos copy. Pathologicalstudy of the kidney revealed a renal cell carcinoma, clearcell type, and a B-cell lymphoma, MALT type. Conclusions:The simultaneous occurrence in the kidney of a renalcarcinoma and MALT lymphoma is extremely rare. MALTlymphoma arising from the kidney could be associated withautoinmune disease such as a Sjögren syndrome or withchronic inflammation, such as pyelonephritis (AU)
