Origins of testing ctDNA markers in glioblastomas

YearGeneVariationSourceMethodTumor
2003 [15]MGMTMethylationSerumMS-PCRGBM
2006 [33]PlasmaMS-PCRGBM, AA
2010 [34]SerumMS-PCRAstrocytic tumors (WHO III, IV), oligodendroglial tumors (WHO II, III)
2013 [29]SerumMS-PCRGlial tumors (II, III, IV), meningioma
2003 [15]p16MethylationSerumMS-PCRGBM
2006 [33]PlasmaMS-PCRGBM, AA, AOA
2003 [15]DAPKMethylationSerumMS-PCRGBM
2003 [15]RASSF1AMethylationSerumMS-PCRGBM
2013 [29]Glial tumors (II, III, IV), meningioma
2006 [33]p73MethylationPlasmaMS-PCRGBM
2010 [34]PTENMethylationSerumMS-PCRAstrocytic tumors (WHO III, IV)
2014 [17]MutationPlasma, serumDigital PCR, sequencingGlioma II, AA, GBM
2010 [34]10qLOHSerumLOHAstrocytic (WHO III, IV), oligodendroglial (WHO II, III)
2012 [35]IDH1Mutation (R132H)PlasmaDigital PCRGlioma (WHO grade II, III, IV)
2014 [16]MutationPlasma, serumDigital PCR, sequencingGlioma II, AA, GBM
2013 [29]p15INK4BMethylationSerumMS-PCRGlial tumors (II, III, IV), meningioma
2013 [29]p14ARFMethylationSerumMS-PCRGlial tumors (II, III, IV), meningioma
2014 [16]TP53MutationPlasma, serumDigital PCR, sequencingGlioma II, AA, GBM
2014 [16]EGFRMutationPlasma, serumDigital PCR, sequencingGlioma II, AA, GBM
2014 [16]PIK3CAMutationPlasma, serumDigital PCR, sequencingGlioma II, AA, GBM
2015 [28]TP53, EPHB1, TERT, PIK3CG, IDH1, ANK, EGFR, PTEN, FTH1, OR51D1MutationCSF (plasma)ddPCR, MAFGBM
2015 [27]GenomeMutationCSFTAS/WESAA III, PA I, ependymoma, medulloblastoma IV, GBM, LGG II, diffuse astrocytoma
2017 [36]Gene panels (54, 68, 70 genes) including TP53, EGFR, METMutationPlasmaNGSBrain tumors (not specified)
2018 [23]IDH1, IDH2, TP53, TERT, ATRX, H3F3A, HIST1H3BMutationCSFSequencingDiffuse gliomas
2018 [25]GenomeSCNAs and fragmentationCSFWGSGlioma
2018 [37]TERTMutationCSF (plasma)PCR, sequencingGBM
2019 [38]Genome including TP53, JAK2, NF1, EGFR, BRAF, IDH1, NRAS, GNAS, ATMMutationPlasmaNGSAstrocytic/oligodendral tumors grades I–IV, including GBM, medulloblastoma, meningioma, and ependymoma
2019 [24]P19Q, IDH1, CIC, ATRX, TP53MutationCSFNGSLGG, GBM

MS-PCR: methylation-sensitive PCR; AA: anaplastic astrocytoma; AOA: anaplastic oligoastrocytoma; DAPK: death-associated protein kinase; RASSF1A: ras association domain family 1 isoform A; LOH: loss of heterozygosity; PIK3CA: phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha; PIK3CG: phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit gamma; EPHB1: ephrin type-b receptor 1; OR51D1: olfactory receptor family 51 subfamily D member 1; TERT: telomerase reverse transcriptase; ANK: amplified natural killer; FTH1: ferritin heavy chain 1; ddPCR: droplet digital PCR; MAF: mutant allelic frequency; TAS: targeted amplicon sequencing; WES: whole exome sequencing; LGG: low-grade glioma; NGS: next generation sequencing; ATRX: alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked; H3F3A: histone 3.3 gene variant A; HIST1H3B: histone 3.1 gene; SCNA: somatic copy-number alterations; WGS: whole-genome sequencing; JAK2: janus kinase 2; NF1: neurofibromatosis type 1; BRAF: v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B; NRAS: neuroblastoma RAS (viral oncogene homolog of rat sarcoma virus); GNAS: G protein alpha(s); ATM: Ataxia telangiectasia mutated; 1P19Q: 1p/19q codeletion of chromosome arms; CIC: capicua (Catalan: head-and-tail), a Drosophila homologue gene for a transcription repression factor