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Concurrent gliomas in patients with multiple sclerosis


ABSTRACT: Background: Concurrent malignant brain tumors in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) constitute a rare but paradigmatic phenomenon for studying neuroimmunological mechanisms from both molecular and clinical perspectives. Methods: A multicenter cohort of 26 patients diagnosed with both primary brain tumors and multiple sclerosis was studied for disease localization, tumor treatment-related MS activity, and molecular characteristics specific for diffuse glioma in MS patients. Results: MS neither predisposes nor protects from the development of gliomas. Patients with glioblastoma WHO grade 4 without isocitratdehydrogenase (IDH) mutations have a longstanding history of MS, whereas patients diagnosed with IDH-mutant astrocytoma WHO grade 2 receive multiple sclerosis diagnosis mostly at the same time or later. Concurrent MS is associated with a lesser extent of tumor resection and a worse prognosis in IDH-mutant glioma patients (PFS 32 vs. 64 months, p=0.0206). When assessing tumor-intrinsic differences no distinct subgroup-defining methylation pattern is identified in gliomas of MS patients compared to other glioma samples. However, differential methylation of immune-related genetic loci including human leukocyte antigen locus on 6p21 and interleukin locus on 5q31 is found in MS patients vs. matched non-MS patients. In line, inflammatory disease activity increases in 42% of multiple sclerosis patients after brain tumor radiotherapy suggesting a susceptibility of multiple sclerosis brain tissue to pro-inflammatory stimuli such as ionizing radiation. Conclusions: Concurrent low-grade gliomas should be considered in multiple sclerosis patients with slowly progressive, expansive T2/FLAIR lesions. Our findings of typically reduced extent of resection in MS patients and increased MS activity after radiation may inform future treatment decisions.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE243465 | GEO | 2023/12/27

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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