Table 1.

List of human glioma samples used for the study as entire slices (A) or as tissue microarrays (B)

Grade	Classification (number of patients)	Total of patients/grade	Gender	Median age (range)
A. Repartition of the human gliomas studied on entire slices
II	Astrocytoma	5	3♂/2♀	34 (16–34)
III	Anaplastic astrocytoma 1	6	4♂/2♀	51 (41–58)
	Anaplastic oligoastrocytoma 5
IV	Glioblastoma	15	7♂/8♀	61 (40–78)

Grade	Classification (number of patients)	Total of patients/grade	Gender	Median age (range)	“Normal” tissue available (number of samples)
B. Repartition of the human gliomas studied on tissue microarrays.
II	Astrocytoma	19	14♂/5♀	41 (16–76)	6
III	Anaplastic astrocytoma 7	12	8♂/4♀	43 (30–62)	2
	Anaplastic oligoastrocytoma 5
IV	Glioblastoma	22	11♂/11♀	66 (39–78)	2
II–III	Astrocytoma with anaplastic area	6	4♂/2♀	45.5 (34–67)	1