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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Applicant:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
David Sidransky, Baltimore, MD (US);
Eugene Izumchenko, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/178 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for identifying the susceptibility of a cancer cell or population of cells to treatment with Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs), such as erlotinib. Methods for the in vitro diagnosis of the susceptibility of a tumor in a subject to treatment with TKIs and monitoring tumor susceptibility during treatment are also provided.