This confirmed that gliomas with 1p19q codeletion overexpressed neuronal/normal brain genes (AKR1C3, C20orf42, CTTNBP2, L1CAM, GALNT13) as well as genes implicated in gliogenesis and neurogenesis (OLIG2, BMP2, NOG, DCX, ATOH8). Here, ATOH8 is linked to central nervous system cancer.