Molecular Classification of Ependymal Tumors across All CNS Compartments, Histopathological Grades, and Age Groups
Kristian W Pajtler, Hendrik Witt, Martin Sill, David T W Jones, Volker Hovestadt, Fabian Kratochwil, Khalida Wani, Ruth Tatevossian, Chandanamali Punchihewa, Pascal Johann, Jüri Reimand, Hans-Jörg Warnatz, Marina Ryzhova, Steve Mack, Vijay Ramaswamy, David Capper, Leonille Schweizer, Laura Sieber, Andrea Wittmann, Zhiqin Huang, Peter van Sluis, Richard Volckmann, Jan Koster, Rogier Versteeg, Daniel Fults, Helen Toledano, Smadar Avigad, Lindsey M Hoffman, Andrew M Donson, Nicholas Foreman, Ekkehard Hewer, Karel Zitterbart, Mark Gilbert, Terri S Armstrong, Nalin Gupta, Jeffrey C Allen, Matthias A Karajannis, David Zagzag, Martin Hasselblatt, Andreas E Kulozik, Olaf Witt, V Peter Collins, Katja von Hoff, Stefan Rutkowski, Torsten Pietsch, Gary Bader, Marie-Laure Yaspo, Andreas von Deimling, Peter Lichter, Michael D Taylor, Richard Gilbertson, David W Ellison, Kenneth Aldape, Andrey Korshunov, Marcel Kool, Stefan M Pfister, Kristian W Pajtler, Hendrik Witt, Martin Sill, David T W Jones, Volker Hovestadt, Fabian Kratochwil, Khalida Wani, Ruth Tatevossian, Chandanamali Punchihewa, Pascal Johann, Jüri Reimand, Hans-Jörg Warnatz, Marina Ryzhova, Steve Mack, Vijay Ramaswamy, David Capper, Leonille Schweizer, Laura Sieber, Andrea Wittmann, Zhiqin Huang, Peter van Sluis, Richard Volckmann, Jan Koster, Rogier Versteeg, Daniel Fults, Helen Toledano, Smadar Avigad, Lindsey M Hoffman, Andrew M Donson, Nicholas Foreman, Ekkehard Hewer, Karel Zitterbart, Mark Gilbert, Terri S Armstrong, Nalin Gupta, Jeffrey C Allen, Matthias A Karajannis, David Zagzag, Martin Hasselblatt, Andreas E Kulozik, Olaf Witt, V Peter Collins, Katja von Hoff, Stefan Rutkowski, Torsten Pietsch, Gary Bader, Marie-Laure Yaspo, Andreas von Deimling, Peter Lichter, Michael D Taylor, Richard Gilbertson, David W Ellison, Kenneth Aldape, Andrey Korshunov, Marcel Kool, Stefan M Pfister
Abstract
Ependymal tumors across age groups are currently classified and graded solely by histopathology. It is, however, commonly accepted that this classification scheme has limited clinical utility based on its lack of reproducibility in predicting patients' outcome. We aimed at establishing a uniform molecular classification using DNA methylation profiling. Nine molecular subgroups were identified in a large cohort of 500 tumors, 3 in each anatomical compartment of the CNS, spine, posterior fossa, supratentorial. Two supratentorial subgroups are characterized by prototypic fusion genes involving RELA and YAP1, respectively. Regarding clinical associations, the molecular classification proposed herein outperforms the current histopathological classification and thus might serve as a basis for the next World Health Organization classification of CNS tumors.
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