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New biomarker may help in detecting gliomas, reports Neurosurgery
Date:1/16/2013

mas, compared to 21 patients with lower-grade gliomas.

Higher levels of ELDT1 expression were associated with a higher grade of glioma, and with lower survival. ELTD1 compared well with other known markers of glioma, such as vascular endothelial growth factor. It also appeared to be associated with one specific subtype of GBM (mesenchymal GBM).

In further experiments, the researchers transplanted glioma cells into the brains of rats. As the tumors developed, they showed elevated levels of ELTD1, compared to normal brain tissue. The rat studies included evaluation of a "molecular MRI technique" for measuring ELDT1 levels in the living brain.

A Helpful Marker for Glioma Diagnosis?

Even with modern treatments, GBM and other malignant gliomas are devastating cancers. In recent years, advances in research have led to the identification of biomarkers associated with glioma. Dr. Towner and colleagues write, "Validation of more biomarkers for GBM could be beneficial in the diagnosis and therapeutic intervention of this disease."

With further study, ELTD1 could become a useful new marker of glioma, including GBM. Gliomas show increased expression of ELTD1, and higher levels of ELTD1 expression are associated with higher tumor grade and a worse prognosis. "Any increase in ELTD1 will more than likely be associated with increased angiogenesis or neovascularization [new blood vessel development] in gliomas," the researchers write.

Although the findings are only preliminary, Dr. Towner and coauthors suggest that ELTD1 could be useful in detecting the presence and grade of gliomasparticularly high-grade gliomas such as GBM. They conclude, "[T]his biomarker may play an important diagnostic role in addition to currently used markers for gliomas, particularly as a histological marker for identifying vascular proliferation."


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