Table 1.

Patients' characteristics.

No	Array ID	GEO No	Title	Histological diagnosis	Age/Gender	WHO grade
1	190-063A	GSM492652	Astrocytomas_T2-1-Signal	Diffuse or low-grade astrocytoma	72, M	II
2	0286-29	GSM492653	Astrocytomas_T2-2-Signal	Diffuse or low-grade astrocytoma	32, M	II
3	0286-71	GSM492654	Astrocytomas_T2-3-Signal	Diffuse or low-grade astrocytoma	73, M	II
4	0286-98	GSM492655	Astrocytomas_T2-4-Signal	Diffuse or low-grade astrocytoma	45, M	II
5	0286-86	GSM492656	Astrocytomas_T2-5-Signal	Diffuse or low-grade astrocytoma	65, M	II
6	0286-94	GSM492657	Astrocytomas_T3-1-Signal	Anaplastic astrocytoma	18, F	III
7	0286-95	GSM492658	Astrocytomas_T3-2-Signal	Anaplastic astrocytoma	64, F	III
8	0190-068	GSM492659	Astrocytomas_T3-3-Signal	Anaplastic astrocytoma	28, M	III
9	0286-27	GSM492660	Astrocytomas_T3-4-Signal	Anaplastic astrocytoma	45, M	III
10	0286-88	GSM492661	Astrocytomas_T3-5-Signal	Anaplastic astrocytoma	54, M	III
11	0190-031B	GSM492662	Astrocytomas_T4-1-Signal	Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)	68, M	IV
12	0286-83	GSM492663	Astrocytomas_T4-2-Signal	Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)	62, M	IV
13	0286-89	GSM492664	Astrocytomas_T4-3-Signal	Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)	80, M	IV
14	0286-92	GSM492665	Astrocytomas_T4-4-Signal	Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)	78, F	IV
15	0286-90	GSM492666	Astrocytomas_T4-5-Signal	Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)	69, M	IV
16	Normal Plus1	GSM525014	Normal	Normal brain tissues		Normal
17	Normal Plus2	GSM525015	Normal	Normal brain tissues		Normal
18	Normal Plus3	GSM525016	Normal	Normal brain tissues		Normal
19	0190-normalA	GSM492649	Normal	Pooled normal tissues		Normal