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Table 3 Diagnostics by DNA methylation profiling of diffuse lower-grade gliomas with assigned methylation classes and subclasses (n = 126)

From: DNA methylation profiling for molecular classification of adult diffuse lower-grade gliomas

Methylation class

Molecular biomarkers according to methylation profiling

IDHa wt (n = 20)

IDH mut

(n = 106)

Codel.b

(n = 51)

MGMTc unmeth

(n = 24)

MGMT meth

(n = 102)

IDH glioma (n = 106)

 1p/19q codeleted oligodendroglioma

0

51

51

0

51

 Astrocytoma

0

48

0

7

41

 High-grade astrocytoma

0

7

0

2

5

Glioblastoma IDH wt (n = 15)

 Mesenchymal

3

0

0

3

0

 Midline

1

0

0

0

1

 MYCN

1

0

0

1

0

 RTK I

3

0

0

2

1

 RTK II

7

0

0

5

2

 Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

1

0

0

0

1

 Low-grade glioma MYB/MYBL1

1

0

0

1

0

Control tissue

3

0

0

3

0

  1. aIDH, isocitrate dehydrogenase gene family, wildtype (wt) and mutated (mut)
  2. bCodel., complete codeletion of 1p/19q chromosomal arms
  3. cMGMT, O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase promotor, methylated (meth) or unmethylated (unmeth)