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. 2020 Jan 23;21(3):753. doi: 10.3390/ijms21030753

Table 1.

NTRK fusions in CNS tumors.

Tumor Entity NTRK Fusions Frequency Most Frequently Reported NTRK Fusions
Glioblastoma 1.1% (Frattini et al.) [134]
1.1% (Shah et al.) [135]
2.6% (Zheng et al.) [124]
1.2% (Kim et al.) [136]
1.7% (Ferguson et al.) [133]
BCAN-NTRK1
NFASC-NTRK1
ARHGEF2-NTRK1
CHTOP-NTRK1
GKAP-NTRK2
KCTD8-NTRK2
TBC1D2-NTRK2
EML4-NTRK3
Non-brainstem high-grade glioma 10%–40% (Wu et al.)# [121] ETV6-NTRK3
TPM3-NTRK1
BTBD1-NTRK3
VCL-NTRK2
AGBL4-NTRK2
DIPG° 4% (Wu et al.) [121]
Pilocytic astrocytoma 16.6% (Ferguson et al.) [133]
3.1% (Jones et al.) [114]
BCAN-NTRK1
NACC2-NTRK2
QKI-NTRK2
Anaplastic astrocytoma 2.3% (Ferguson et al.) [133] NOS1AP-NTRK2
Glioma NOS 4.1% (Ferguson et al.) [133] SQSTM1-NTRK2
Low-grade glioma 0.7% (Zhang et al.) [112]
0.43% (Stransky et al.) [72]
4.3% (Ferguson et al.) [133]
ETV6-NTRK3
AFAP1-NTRK2
VCAN-NTRK2
High-grade glioneuronal tumor Case report (Kurozumi et al.) [127] ARHGEF2-NTRK1
Ganglioglioma Case report (Prabhakaran et al.) [124] TLE4-NTRK2

# Age-dependent frequency (highest rate was observed in <3yy patients). ° Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.