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Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2013
Applicant:

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventors:

Shiv Srivastava, Potomac, MD (US);

Albert Dobi, Rockville, MD (US);

Taduru Sreenath, Germantown, MD (US);

Gyorgy Petrovics, Bethesda, MD (US);

Chen Sun, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/1135 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12N 2310/11 (2013.01); C12N 2310/14 (2013.01); C12N 2320/30 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/118 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure describes alterations in ERG gene expression. ERG isoforms and promoter sequence of the ERG gene that are involved in, or associated with, prostate cancer are provided. The disclosure further provides therapeutic compositions and methods of detecting, diagnosing, prognosing, and treating prostate cancer, including biomarkers for detecting the expression of two or more of the following genes: PSA/KLK3, PMEPA1, NKX3.1, ODC1, AMD1, and ERG.


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