Occurrence of somatic mutations in genes encoding the replication-independent histone H3 variant H3.3 and the canonical histone H3.1, the presence of mutant IDH1 protein in spatially and temporally restricted neural precursors, deregulated expression/activity of epigenetic enzymes may lead to aberrant histone modification and DNA methylation profiles which are intimately linked to glioma pathology. This evidence concerns the gene IDH1 and central nervous system cancer.