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DECLARATIONS
Acknowledgments
We thank Ning Ru for assistance in FISH analysis on glioma cell lines, Liping Yu and Abhishek Chaturbedi
in CQ-PCR analyses on DNA samples of gliomas.

Authors’ contributions
Conceived this study, designed and performed the experiments, analyzed the data, and wrote the manuscript:
Zhou YH
Participated and edited the manuscript: Afrasiabi K, Linskey ME

Availability of data and materials
Data and materials will be open to readers upon request.

Financial support and sponsorship
This work was supported in part by generous gifts from Stern Family and the Audley Fund from the Philadelphia
Foundation and a grant provided by Musella Foundation for Brain Tumor Research & Information.

Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no personal circumstances or interest that may be perceived as
inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
Tumors from Tissue Bank of UC Irvine and University of Arkansas for Medical Science were included in
this study, with Institutional Review Board approval. No further consent is needed.

Consent for publication
Not applicable.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018.

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