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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2017
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
David C. Soler, Cleveland, OH (US);
Andrew E. Sloan, Cleveland, OH (US);
Kevin D. Cooper, Cleveland, OH (US);
Thomas S. McCormick, Cleveland, OH (US);
Andrew B. Young, Cleveland, OH (US);
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of detecting the presence of glioblastomas and/or recurrent glioblastomas in a subject in need thereof includes isolating CD14+ cells from a blood sample of the subject and determining the ratio of isolated CD14+ cells expressing low levels of HLA-DR to isolated CD14+ cells expressing VNN2, wherein the subject has increased risk of glioblastomas or recurrent glioblastoma if the ratio of isolated CD14+ cells expressing low levels of HLA-DR to isolated CD14+ cells expressing VNN2 is greater than about 2.