[Brainlife] Newsletter, Vol.6 No.18, 30 Apr 2007

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NEWSLETTER

Volume 6, Number 18 - 30 April 2007	Volume 6 Archive

Contents

Astrocytoma

Cancer Research

CNS Tumors

Ganglioglioma

Glioblastoma

Gliomas

Medulloblastoma

Meningioma

Metastatic Tumors

Osteochondroma

Pediatric Brain Tumors

Stem Cells

Teratoma

Astrocytoma

Zhang H, Wu G, Tu H, Huang F.
Discovery of serum biomarkers in astrocytoma by SELDI-TOF MS and proteinchip technology.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Apr 24; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17453148 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Cancer Research

Shi F, Gounko NV, Wang X, Ronken E, Hoekstra D.
In situ entry of oligonucleotides into brain cells can occur through a nucleic acid channel.
Oligonucleotides. 2007 Spring;17(1):122-33.
PMID: 17461769 [PubMed - in process]

CNS Tumors

	Al-Okaili RN, Krejza J, Woo JH, Wolf RL, O'Rourke DM, Judy KD, Poptani H, Melhem ER.
	Intraaxial brain masses: MR imaging-based diagnostic strategy--initial experience. Radiology. 2007 May;243(2):539-50. PMID: 17456876 [PubMed - in process]

	Anderson SA, Frank JA.
	MRI of mouse models of neurological disorders. NMR Biomed. 2007 May;20(3):200-15. PMID: 17451184 [PubMed - in process]

Ferguson S, Lesniak MS. Convection enhanced drug delivery of novel therapeutic agents to malignant brain tumors.
Curr Drug Deliv. 2007 Apr;4(2):169-80.
PMID: 17456036 [PubMed - in process]

Flannery T, McConnell RS, McQuaid S, McGregor G, Mirakhur M, Martin L, Scott C, Burden R, Walker B, McGoohan C, Johnston PG. Detection of cathepsin S cysteine protease in human brain tumour microdialysates in vivo.
Br J Neurosurg. 2007 Apr;21(2):204-9.
PMID: 17453790 [PubMed - in process]

Galanaud D, Nicoli F, Confort-Gouny S, Le Fur Y, Dormont D, Girard N, Ranjeva J, Cozzone P. [Brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy.]
J Radiol. 2007 Mar;88(3 Pt 2):483-96. French.
PMID: 17457259 [PubMed - in process]

Grand S, Lefournier V, Krainik A, Bessou P, Tropres I, Chabardes S, Hoffmann D, Le Bas JF.
[MR and CT perfusion imaging of the brain: principles and clinical applications.]
J Radiol. 2007 Mar;88(3 Pt 2):444-71. French.
PMID: 17457257 [PubMed - in process]

Iwai Y, Yamanaka K, Yoshimura M.
Intracerebral cavernous malformation induced by radiosurgery. Case report.
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2007 Apr;47(4):171-3.

PMID: 17457021 [PubMed - in process]

Kast RE.
Using blood brain barrier disruption by methamphetamine for drug delivery.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Apr 27; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 17464448 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Nesbitt J.
Quality of life: Gamma Knife surgery and whole brain radiation therapy.
Axone. 2007 Winter;28(2):36-41.
PMID: 17460957 [PubMed - in process]

Oh BC, Liu CY, Wang MY, Pagnini PG, Yu C, Apuzzo ML.
Stereotactic radiosurgery: adjacent tissue injury and response after high-dose single fraction radiation-part ii: strategies for therapeutic enhancement, brain injury mitigation, and brain injury repair.
Neurosurgery. 2007 May;60(5):799-814; discussion 799-814.
PMID: 17460515 [PubMed - in process]

Scheurer ME, El-Zein R, Bondy ML, Harkins L, Cobbs CS.
RE: "Lack of association of herpesviruses with brain tumors".
J Neurovirol. 2007;13(1):85; author reply 86-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 17454453 [PubMed - in process]

Schlehofer JR, Ehlers B, Poltermann S, Yasmum N, Schlehofer B.
Response from authors RE: "Lack of association of herpesviruses with brain tumors".
J Neurovirol. 2007;13(1):86-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 17454454 [PubMed - in process]

Thankamony A, Harlow FH, Ponnampalam J, Clarke P.
Congenital brain tumour mimicking fetal intracranial haemorrhage.
J Obstet Gynaecol. 2007 Apr;27(3):314-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 17464824 [PubMed - in process]

Tikkakoski T.
Magnetic resonance elastography of brain tumors.
Acta Radiol. 2007 Apr;48(3):249. No abstract available.
PMID: 17453488 [PubMed - in process]

van der Graaf M, Julia-Sape M, Howe FA, Ziegler A, Majos C, Moreno-Torres A, Rijpkema M, Acosta D, Opstad KS, van der Meulen YM, Arus C, Heerschap A.
MRS quality assessment in a multicentre study on MRS-based classification of brain tumours.
NMR Biomed. 2007 Apr 26; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17458918 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Xu L, Lin Y, Han JC, Xi ZN, Shen H, Gao PY.
Magnetic resonance elastography of brain tumors: preliminary results.
Acta Radiol. 2007 Apr;48(3):327-30.
PMID: 17453505 [PubMed - in process]

Ganglioglioma

Sikorska B, Papierz W, Zakrzewki K, Fiks T, Polis L, Liberski PP.
Ultrastructural heterogeneity of gangliogliomas.
Ultrastruct Pathol. 2007 Jan-Feb;31(1):9-14.
PMID: 17455093 [PubMed - in process]

Glioblastoma

	Belkaid A, Fortier S, Jian Cao, Annabi B.
	Necrosis induction in glioblastoma cells reveals a new "bioswitch" function for the MT1-MMP/G6PT signaling axis in proMMP-2 activation versus cell death decision. Neoplasia. 2007 Apr;9(4):332-40. PMID: 17460777 [PubMed - in process]

Butowski N, Lamborn KR, Berger MS, Prados MD, Chang SM.
Historical controls for phase II surgically based trials requiring gross total resection of glioblastoma multiforme.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Apr 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17457513 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Necesalova E, Vranova V, Kuglik P, Cejpek P, Jarosova M, Pesakova M, Relichova J, Veselska R.
Incidence of the main genetic markers in glioblastoma multiforme is independent of tumor topology.
Neoplasma. 2007;54(3):212-8.
PMID: 17447852 [PubMed - in process]

Ohgaki H, Kleihues P.
Genetic pathways to primary and secondary glioblastoma.
Am J Pathol. 2007 May;170(5):1445-53.
PMID: 17456751 [PubMed - in process]

Tanriverdi T, Hanimoglu H, Kacira T, Sanus GZ, Kemerdere R, Atukeren P, Gumustas K, Canbaz B, Kaynar MY.
Glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase and protein oxidation in patients with glioblastoma multiforme and transitional meningioma.
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2007 Apr 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17457608 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Gliomas

	Bavaresco L, Bernardi A, Braganhol E, Wink MR, Battastini AM.
	Dexamethasone inhibits proliferation and stimulates ecto-5'-nucleotidase/CD73 activity in C6 rat glioma cell line. J Neurooncol. 2007 Apr 24; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17453149 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

	Cassoni P, Senetta R, Castellano I, Ortolan E, Bosco M, Magnani I, Ducati A.
	Caveolin-1 Expression is Variably Displayed in Astroglial-derived Tumors and Absent in Oligodendrogliomas: Concrete Premises for a New Reliable Diagnostic Marker in Gliomas. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 May;31(5):760-769. PMID: 17460461 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Jiang Z, Li XG, Hu J, Lu DR, Zhou W, Jiang YQ, Li CY.
[The methylation and mRNA expression of SLC5A8 and TMS1/ASC genes in human glioma]
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2007 Jan 30;87(5):292-7. Chinese.
PMID: 17456354 [PubMed - in process]

Kamnasaran D, Qian B, Hawkins C, Stanford WL, Guha A.
GATA6 is an astrocytoma tumor suppressor gene identified by gene trapping of mouse glioma model.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Apr 26; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17463088 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kesari S, Schiff D, Doherty L, Gigas DC, Batchelor TT, Muzikansky A, O'neill A, Drappatz J, Chen-Plotkin AS, Ramakrishna N, Weiss SE, Levy B, Bradshaw J, Kracher J, Laforme A, Black PM, Folkman J, Kieran M, Wen PY.
Phase II study of metronomic chemotherapy for recurrent malignant gliomas in adults.
Neuro-oncol. 2007 Apr 23; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17452651 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Mizoe JE, Tsujii H, Hasegawa A, Yanagi T, Takagi R, Kamada T, Tsuji H, Takakura K; for the Organizing Committee of the Central Nervous System Tumor Working Group.
Phase I/II Clinical Trial of Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Malignant Gliomas: Combined X-Ray Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, and Carbon Ion Radiotherapy.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Apr 23; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17459607 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Vos MJ, Tony BN, Hoekstra OS, Postma TJ, Heimans JJ, Hooft L.
Systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of 201Tl single photon emission computed tomography in the detection of recurrent glioma.
Nucl Med Commun. 2007 Jun;28(6):431-9.
PMID: 17460533 [PubMed - in process]

Medulloblastoma

	Chang Q, Chen Z, You J, McNutt MA, Zhang T, Han Z, Zhang X, Gong E, Gu J.
	All-trans-retinoic acid induces cell growth arrest in a human medulloblastoma cell line. J Neurooncol. 2007 Apr 24; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17453147 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Polkinghorn WR, Tarbell NJ.
Medulloblastoma: tumorigenesis, current clinical paradigm, and efforts to improve risk stratification.
Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 2007 May;4(5):295-304. Review.
PMID: 17464337 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Meningioma

Nakamura M, Struck M, Roser F, Vorkapic P, Samii M.
Olfactory groove meningiomas: clinical outcome and recurrence rates after tumor removal through the frontolateral and bifrontal approach.
Neurosurgery. 2007 May;60(5):844-52; discussion 844-52.
PMID: 17460519 [PubMed - in process]

Rossitti S.
Preoperative embolization of lower-falx meningiomas with ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer: technical and anatomical aspects.
Acta Radiol. 2007 Apr;48(3):321-6.
PMID: 17453504 [PubMed - in process]

Metastatic Tumors

	Agrawal A, Kumar A, Sinha AK, Kumar M, Pandey SR, Khaniya S.
	Intracranial metastases from carcinoma of the cervix. Singapore Med J. 2007 May;48(5):e154-6. PMID: 17453090 [PubMed - in process]

	Alavi S, Rashidi A, Khatami AR, Arzanian MT.
	Rhabdoid Tumor Of The Kidney Presenting With Hemiplegia: Report of a Case. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Mar;24(2):123-8. PMID: 17454778 [PubMed - in process]

Gold JS, Jaques DP, Busam KJ, Brady MS, Coit DG.
Yield and Predictors of Radiologic Studies for Identifying Distant Metastases in Melanoma Patients with a Positive Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy.
Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Apr 24; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17453294 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Orrru S, Lay G, Dessi M, Murtas R, Deidda MA, Amichetti M.
Brain metastases from endometrial carcinoma: report of three cases and review of the literature.
Tumori. 2007 Jan-Feb;93(1):112-7.
PMID: 17455884 [PubMed - in process]

Osteochondroma

	Chatzidakis E, Lypiridis S, Kazdaglis G, Chatzikonstadinou K, Papatheodorou G.
	A rare case of solitary osteochondroma of the dens of the C2 vertebra. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2007 Apr 23; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17450439 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Pediatric Brain Tumors

	Briere ME, Scott JG, McNall-Knapp RY, Adams RL.
	Cognitive outcome in pediatric brain tumor survivors: Delayed attention deficit at long-term follow-up. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007 Apr 25; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17458873 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]



Stem Cells

	Fang JS, Deng YW, Li MC, Chen FH, Wang YJ, Lu M, Fang F, Wu J, Yang ZY, Zhou XY, Wang F, Chen C. [Isolation and identification of brain tumor stem cells from human brain neuroepithelial tumors] Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2007 Jan 30;87(5):298-303. Chinese. PMID: 17456355 [PubMed - in process]
	Fukuda S, Abematsu M, Mori H, Yanagisawa M, Kagawa T, Nakashima K, Yoshimura A, Taga T. Potentiation of astrogliogenesis by STAT3-mediated activation of BMP-Smad signaling in neural stem cells. Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Apr 23; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17452461 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
	Mayordomo JI, Andres R, Isla MD, Murillo L, Cajal R, Yubero A, Blasco C, Lasierra P, Palomera L, Fuertes MA, Guemes A, Sousa R, Garcia-Prats MD, Escudero P, Saenz A, Godino J, Marco I, Saez B, Visus C, Asin L, Valdivia G, Larrad L, Tres A. Results of a pilot trial of immunotherapy with dendritic cells pulsed with autologous tumor lysates in patients with advanced cancer. Tumori. 2007 Jan-Feb;93(1):26-30. PMID: 17455868 [PubMed - in process]
	Miletic H, Fischer Y, Litwak S, Giroglou T, Waerzeggers Y, Winkeler A, Li H, Himmelreich U, Lange C, Stenzel W, Deckert M, Neumann H, Jacobs AH, von Laer D. Bystander Killing of Malignant Glioma by Bone Marrow-derived Tumor-Infiltrating Progenitor Cells Expressing a Suicide Gene. Mol Ther. 2007 Apr 24; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17457322 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
	Quinones-Hinojosa A, Chaichana K. The human subventricular zone: A source of new cells and a potential source of brain tumors. Exp Neurol. 2007 Mar 23; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17459377 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
	Sgubin D, Aztiria E, Perin A, Longatti P, Leanza G. Activation of endogenous neural stem cells in the adult human brain following subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Neurosci Res. 2007 Apr 23; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17455304 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Teratoma

	Phi JH, Park SH, Paek SH, Kim SK, Lee YJ, Park CK, Cho BK, Lee DH, Wang KC. Expression of Sox2 in mature and immature teratomas of central nervous system. Mod Pathol. 2007 Apr 27; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17464316 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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