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Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip profiling of paediatric high grade gliomas and diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

ABSTRACT: We have used Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip array profiling to profile paediatric high grade gliomas and diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas. The 450K methylation array is being used to separate brain tumour samples on the basis of their methylation profiles which represent the cell of origin the time and place in which tumours arise. Methylation arrays provide data for an integrated molecular diagnosis of brain tumours and define specific molecular subgroups and subtypes of high grade gliomas carrying distinct driver mutations and patterns of somatic alterations. These data form part of an integrated meta-analysis of high grade gliomas in children combining DNA copy number, methylation and high throughput sequencing datasets.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Alan Mackay

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-5528 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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