Although the meningothelial (M1 and M2) and transitional (M3 and M4) meningiomas showed occasional proliferating cells stained with the Ki-67 marker, the atypical meningioma (M5) showed an increased Ki-67 proliferation index with about 20% of the tumor cells having a stained nucleus compared to the other meningiomas (Fig. 2b). This evidence concerns the gene MKI67 and meningioma.