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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2013
Applicants:
Vib Vzw, Ghent, BE;
Life Sciences Research Partners Vzw, Leuven, BE;
Inventor:
Diether Lambrechts, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Assignees:
Life Sciences Research Partners VZW, Leuven, BE;
VIB VZW, Ghent, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application relates to the field of cancer, particularly to mismatch repair (MMR−) deficient tumors. New markers are presented herein that have a high sensitivity to detect whether a tumor is mismatch repair deficient or not. The markers are particularly mutations in microsatellite regions. Accordingly, methods are provided for diagnosing microsatellite instability of a tumor, comprising determining the presence of these markers. Further, kits are provided to detect the presence of these markers (or subsets thereof) in a sample.