Seasonal patterns of birth in patients with glioblastoma

Chronobiology International

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1047-1052

  Koch, H J ^a   Klinkhammer Schalke, M ^b   Hofstadter F ^a,b   Bogdahn, U ^a   Hau, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplastic astrocytoma; Glioblastoma; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; CANCER GRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

BIRTH RATE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 33750202519     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520600921088     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Brenner, A.V., Linet, M.S., Shapiro, W.R., Selker, R.G., Fine, H.A., Black, P.M., Inskip, P.D. (2004). Season of birth and risk of brain tumors in adults. Neurology 63:276-281.
2. Diesel, B., Radermacher, J., Bureik, M., Bernhardt, R., Seifert, M., Reichart, J., Fischer, U., Meese, E. (2005). Vitamin D(3) metabolism in human glioblastoma multiform: functionality of CYP27B1 splice variants, metabolism of calcidiol, and effect of calcitriol. Clin. Cancer. Res. 11:5370-5380.
3. Elias, J., Marian, B., Edling, C. (2003). Induction of apoptosis by vitamin D metabolites and analogs in a glioma cell line. Recent. Res. Cancer Res. 164:319-332.
4. Gomes, P., Cassanas, G., Bingham, C. (1987). Individual principal component analysis of endocrine circannual variability. Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. 7 227B:521-532.
5. Gonzalez-Aguero, G., Ondarza, R., Gamboa-Dominguez, A. (2001). Progesterone receptor isoforms expression pattern in human astrocytomas. Brain Res. Bull. 56:43-48.
6. Haus, E., ed. Biological Rhythms in Clinical and Laboratory Medicine. Berlin & Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 693-695.
7. Haus, E., Smolensky, M.H. (1999). Biological rhythms in the immune system. Chronobiol. Int. 16:581-622.
8. Haus, E., Touitou, Y. (2001). Chronobiology in laboratory medicine. In: Touitou, Y., Haus, E., eds. Biological Rhythms in Clinical and Laboratory Medicine. Berlin & Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 693-695.
9. Khalid, M.H., Shibata, S., Furukawa, K. (2004). Role of estrogen receptor-related antigen in initiating the growth of human glioma cells. J. Neurosurg. 100:923-930.
10. Ko, P., Burkert, R., McGrath, J., Eyles, D. (2004). Maternal vitamin D3 deprivation and the regulation of apoptosis and cell cycle during rat brain development. Brain Res. Dev. Brain Res. 153:61-68.
11. Ko, P., Eyles, D., Brune, T., Macay-Sim, A., McGrath, J.J. (2005). Season of birth and risk of brain tumors in adults. Neurology 64:1317.
12. Magrassi, P., Adorni, L., Montorfano, G. (1998). Vitamin D metabolites activate the sphingomyelin pathway and induce death of glioblastoma cells. Acta Neurochir. (Wien) 140:707-713.
13. Mojon, A., Fernandez, J.R., Hermida, R. (1992). Chronolab: an interactive software package for chronobiologic time series analysis written for the Macintosh computer. Chronobiol. Int. 9:403-412.
14. Naveilhan, P., Berger, F., Haddad, K. (1994). Induction of glioma cell death by 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3: towards an endocrine therapy of brain tumors? J. Neurosci. Res. 37:271-277.
15. Siegel, S., Castellani, N.J. (1988). Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences. New York: McGraw Hill, pp. 37-166.
16. Torrey, E.F., Miller, J., Rawlings, R., Yolken, R.H. (2000). Seasonal birth patterns of neurological disorders. Neuroepidemiology 19:177-185.
17. Touitou, Y., Portaluppi, F., Smolensky, M.H., Rensing, L. Ethical principles and standards for the conduct of human and animal biological rhythm research. Chronobiol. Int. 21:161-170.
18. Trouillas, P., Honnorat, J., Bret, P. (2001). Redifferentiation therapy in brain tumors: long-lasting complete regression of glioblastomas and an anaplastic astrocytoma under long-term 1-alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol. J. Neurooncol. 51:51-66.