Table 1.
Classification of gliomas according to the new 2021 WHO Classification [10]. The abbreviations are given in the Abbreviations section.
WHO Grade | Most Common Molecular Features | |
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Circumstribed gliomas | ||
Pilocytic astrocytoma | 1 | KIAA1549-BRAF [11] |
High-grade astrocytoma with piloid features |
new subtype | specific DNA-methylation profile [12] |
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma | 2, 3 | BRAF [13] |
Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma |
1 | TSC1, TSC2 [14] |
Chordoid glioma | 2 | PRKCA [15] |
Astroblastoma, MN1-altered | new subtype | MN1 [16] |
Pediatric diffuse low grade gliomas | ||
Diffuse astrocytoma, MYB- or MYBL1-altered |
1 | MYB, MYBL1 [17] |
Angiocentric glioma | 1 | MYB [10] |
Polymorphous low-grade neuroepithelial tumor of the young |
1 | PLNTYs, BRAF, FGFR [18] |
Diffuse low-grade glioma, MAPK pathway-altered |
new subtype | FGFR1, BRAF [19] |
Pediatric-type diffuse high-grade gliomas | ||
Diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27-altered |
4 | H3 K27 [20] |
Diffuse hemispheric glioma, H3 G34-mutant |
4 | H3F3A (G34R/V) [21], GFAP [22], p53 [23] |
Diffuse pediatric-type high-grade glioma, H3- and IDH-wt |
4 | IDH-wt, H3-wt, MYCN, PDGFRA [24] |
Infant-type hemispheric glioma | new subtype | NTRK, ALK, ROS1, MET [25] |
Adult-type diffuse gliomas | ||
Astrocytoma, IDH-mutant | 2, 3, 4 | IDH1, IDH2 [26], ATRX [27] |
Oligodendroglioma, IDH-mutant, and 1p/19q-codeleted |
2, 3 | IDH [28], 1p19q-codeletion, ATRX, p53 [29] |
Glioblastoma, IDH-wt | 4 | no IDH mutation (IDH-wt), ATRX, TERT [30] |