Kerstin Jütten; Leon Weninger; Verena Mainz; Siegfried Gauggel; Ferdinand Binkofski; Martin Wiesmann; Dorit Merhof; Hans Clusmann; Chuh-Hyoun Na · 2021 · Scientific Reports
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With diffuse infiltrative glioma being increasingly recognized as a systemic brain disorder, the macroscopically apparent tumor lesion is suggested to impact on cerebral functional and structural integrity beyond the apparent lesion site. We investigated resting-state functional connectivity (FC) and diffusion-MRI-based structural connectivity (SC) (comprising edge-weight (EW) and fractional anisotropy (FA)) in isodehydrogenase mutated (IDHmut) and wildtype (IDHwt) patients and healthy controls. SC and FC were determined for whole-brain and the Default-Mode Network (DMN), mean intra- and interhemispheric SC and FC were compared across groups, and partial correlations were analyzed intra- and intermodally. With interhemispheric EW being reduced in both patient groups, IDHwt patients showed FA decreases in the ipsi- and contralesional hemisphere, whereas IDHmut patients revealed FA increases in the contralesional hemisphere. Healthy controls showed strong intramodal connectivity, each within the structural and functional connectome. Patients however showed a loss in structural and reductions in functional connectomic coherence, which appeared to be more pronounced in IDHwt glioma patients. Findings suggest a relative dissociation of structural and functional connectomic coherence in glioma patients at the time of diagnosis, with more structural connectomic aberrations being encountered in IDHwt glioma patients. Connectomic profiling may aid in phenotyping and monitoring prognostically differing tumor types.
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This study investigates the differences in structural and functional brain connectivity between glioma patients (IDH-mutated and IDH-wildtype) and healthy controls, revealing a dissociation between structural and functional coherence, particularly pronounced in IDH-wildtype patients.
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