Kanazawa University

Kubix Inc.

The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services

The Ohio State University

Idac Theranostics, Inc.

Taro Yamashita

Shuichi Kaneko

Masao Honda

Yoshio Sakai

Carlo M Croce

Xin Wei Wang

Shin-ichi Hashimoto

Junfang Ji

Takayoshi Shirasaki

The present invention relates to an antiviral drug comprising as an active ingredient a substance capable of suppressing an expression of a target gene or an activity of a protein encoded by said target gene, wherein said target gene is one or more genes having an action of retaining virus-derived nucleic acid in a host cell and selected from the group consisting of DOCK11 gene, LIPG gene, DENND2A gene, and HECW2 gene. The present invention also relates to a screening method for the antiviral drug.

Antiviral drugs

The present invention provides a method and a reagent for detecting a digestive organ cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, or biliary tract cancer patient by analyzing genes with expression levels (in peripheral blood) that vary in association with digestive organ cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, or biliary tract cancer cases, compared with normal healthy subjects. Specifically, the method for detecting a digestive organ cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, or biliary tract cancer patient based on expression profiles comprises obtaining the expression profile of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of probes corresponding to genes with expression levels (in peripheral blood) that vary in digestive organ cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and biliary tract cancer cases, compared with normal healthy subjects. The reagent for detecting digestive organ cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, or biliary tract cancer contains nucleotides or partial sequences thereof consisting of the nucleotide sequence of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of probes with expression levels that vary in digestive organ cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, or biliary tract cancer, or nucleotides containing sequences complementary thereto.

Detection of digestive organ cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and biliary tract cancer by gene expression profiling

The present invention provides a method and a reagent for detecting a digestive organ cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, or biliary tract cancer patient based on expression profiles. The method comprises obtaining the expression profile of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of probes corresponding to genes with expression levels (in peripheral blood) that vary in digestive organ cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and biliary tract cancer cases, compared with normal healthy subjects. The reagent for detecting digestive organ cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, or biliary tract cancer contains nucleotides or partial sequences thereof consisting of the nucleotide sequence of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of probes with expression levels that vary in digestive organ cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, or biliary tract cancer, or nucleotides containing sequences complementary thereto.

The invention provides a method of determining an HCC subtype in a subject comprising a) obtaining a sample from the subject, b) assaying the sample to detect the expression of 1 or more biomarkers, and c) correlating the expression of the biomarkers with an HCC subtype in a subject. The invention further provides methods of detecting HCC stem cells in a sample. Additionally, the invention provides methods and compositions for treating subjects with HCC that take advantage of the biomarkers associated with HCC stem cells.

Methods for determining heptocellular carcinoma subtype and detecting hepatic cancer stem cells

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Ishikawa, Japan

Taro Yamashita