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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2000
Paul O. Sheppard, Granite Falls, WA (US);
Julia E. Novak, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Fenella Raymond, Seattle, WA (US);
ZymoGenetics, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Studies indicate that mutations in tumor suppressor genes occur early in the process of carcinogenesis, and that these mutations are correlated with a subsequent development of cancer. The detection of such alterations would provide useful molecular markers for diagnosis, surveillance, early tumor identification and intervention, and prognosis. A novel human gene, designated as “Zsig62,” resides within a region of chromosome 16 that is associated with prostate and breast cancer, and that appears to contain tumor suppressor genes. Like a tumor suppressor gene, the Zsig62 gene is expressed in particular normal tissues, but not in tumors derived from those tissues.